Khanh Hoa: Displaying and introducing photos and artifacts about the Kate Festival

VHO - From October 17 to 23, at Po Klong Garai tower, Khanh Hoa Province Cultural Heritage Conservation Center (Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism) organized an exhibition and introduced 88 images of rituals in the Kate Festival including: Tower opening ceremony, Rain praying ceremony (Yuer yang), Mother Goddess worship ceremony (Cambun), community activities (Palao Kasah), Buffalo sacrifice ceremony.

Tourists visit and learn at the photo exhibition area about the Kate Festival.

Along with the images, the exhibition area also introduces artifacts of two traditional weaving and pottery villages of the Cham people, helping visitors have a more comprehensive view of the cultural life and activities of the community. At the same time, the festival celebration activities are also carried out solemnly such as hanging banners, flags, and pennants at the Po Klong Garai, Po Rome and Hoa Lai towers.

On this occasion, the Board of Directors of the Center for Cultural Heritage Conservation of Khanh Hoa province and the leaders of the Po Klong Garai Relic Management Board visited and congratulated the Council of Cham Brahmin dignitaries of Khanh Hoa province and the Kate Festival Customs Board in 2025.

Introducing the traditional weaving craft of the Cham people

Mr. Tran Duc Ha, Director of the Khanh Hoa Provincial Cultural Heritage Conservation Center, said: Through these activities, the Center hopes to widely promote Cham culture to tourists, while raising awareness and responsibility of people, especially the young generation, in protecting and promoting the value of cultural heritage.

On this occasion, the Center presented 9 gifts to the monks, the Provincial Council of Cham Brahmin Dignitaries, the Custom Board of Po Klong Garai Tower, Po Rome Tower and Po Inư Nưgar Temple.

Many images of the Kate Festival are displayed at the exhibition area.

Kate Festival is one of the important traditional festivals of the Cham Brahman community, usually taking place in the 7th month of the Cham calendar (around September-October of the solar calendar). The festival is held with many unique cultural and spiritual activities at temples, villages and families.

The solemn rituals include: the procession of costumes up to the tower, the opening of the tower, bathing the statue and dressing the god, and the grand ceremony. The Kate Festival is meant to commemorate the gods and ancestors and pray for favorable weather, bountiful crops, and the growth of people and all things.

Simulating the ritual at Po Klong Garai tower

Musical instruments of the Cham Brahmans used in the Kate Festival

By ranking special national monuments

Presenting 9 gifts to the monks, the Council of Cham Brahmin dignitaries of the province, the Custom Board of Po Klong Garai tower, Po Rome and Po Inư Nưgar temple

This is also an opportunity to demonstrate the spirit of community cohesion, contributing to preserving and promoting the traditional cultural and artistic values ​​of the Cham people.

The Kate Festival 2025 will take place over three days, from October 20 to 22, 2025, with a series of solemn traditional rituals.

On October 20, people of Huu Duc, Tan Duc, and Thanh Duc villages (Phuoc Huu commune) held a ceremony to bring Po Inư Nưgar costumes from the Raglai people in Phuoc Ha commune to the temple in Huu Duc village.

On October 21, the highlight of the Festival will be the Council of Dignitaries and the Customs Committee of Po Klong Garai and Po Rome towers, and Po Inư Nưgar temple together conducting traditional Kate rituals.

On October 22, the festival atmosphere will continue to spread, held in villages, clans and within Cham Brahmin families throughout Khanh Hoa province.

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