Fire Dancing Festival - A unique cultural and spiritual activity bearing the cultural identity of the Red Dao ethnic group

The Red Dao people's fire dancing ceremony dates back to the time when the Red Dao people appeared. The Red Dao people believe that fire dancing not only shows the strength and bravery of young men but is also a primitive and mysterious cultural activity.

This is a continuation of the Ban Vuong worship ceremony. The Dao people perform the Fire Jumping ceremony with the wish to pray for the gods to bless and protect their family, clan, and village to be safe, prosperous, and celebrate a bountiful harvest. In addition, the Fire Jumping ceremony also aims to ward off evil spirits, diseases, and bad luck from the old year, and to pray for a prosperous and happy life when entering a new year. At the same time, the Fire Jumping ceremony also demonstrates the strength of people in the process of working, controlling nature, and fighting against wild animals that destroy crops.

Fire Dancing Festival - A unique cultural and spiritual activity bearing the cultural identity of the Red Dao ethnic group

The fire dancing custom of the Dao people is often held at the beginning of the year or after the harvest to thank heaven and earth, to thank the "Fire God". The Fire Dancing Ceremony was born, passed down and became an indispensable traditional festival of each clan in the Red Dao ethnic community. A ritual that has both spiritual elements and can be explained scientifically . However, from any aspect, "Fire Dancing" still has a very unique cultural feature of the Dao community, demonstrating the courage and strength of the mountain boys.

Fire Dancing Festival is a unique cultural and spiritual activity that carries the cultural identity of the Red Dao people in general, and of the Red Dao people in Lam Thuong commune, Lao Cai province and the Chay River region in particular.

Fire dancing is not only a happy day for the Dao people, bringing the meaning of community bonding but also preserving many traditional cultural values ​​through many generations. Contributing to promoting and attracting researchers and tourists from all over to research, learn and enjoy because of the mysterious factors that have not been explained. The fire dancers themselves do not understand why, only know that there is a special source of energy that makes them jump into the fire and not get burned when jumping in the fire.

Fire dancing is not only a happy day for the Dao village, bringing the meaning of community unity but also preserving many traditional cultural values ​​through many generations.

Coming to the Red Dao ethnic community, where the quintessence and intangible cultural values ​​bearing the identity of the ethnic group are preserved, visitors from near and far will certainly feel the unique cultural features of the Red Dao ethnic group in general, Lam Thuong commune and the Chay River region of Lao Cai province in particular. Hopefully, the Red Dao ethnic group in our commune will always preserve and maintain the traditional cultural features of their ethnic group, contributing to embellishing the colorful picture of the cultures of the ethnic groups in Vietnam./.

Source: https://bvhttdl.gov.vn/le-nhay-lua-net-sinh-hoat-van-hoa-tinh-than-doc-dao-mang-ban-sac-van-hoa-dong-bao-dan-toc-dao-do-20251111134956854.htm