Impressive images in Tay Ninh

On the evening of September 29 (15th day of the 8th lunar month), hundreds of thousands of Cao Dai followers and people from all over the provinces and cities flocked to the Tay Ninh Holy See to attend the 2023 Dieu Tri Palace Festival (the anniversary of Mother Buddha).

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The incense dragon breathing fire passes across the stage in front of the Holy Temple. This is considered a cultural feature of the Dieu Tri Palace Banquet Festival and can only be found at the Tay Ninh Holy See (Photo: Huynh Thanh Liem)

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Cao Dai religion has two important festivals in a year: the Great Festival of the Yao Chi Palace and the God's birthday on January 9, to pray for favorable weather, national peace and people's safety.

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This great ceremony has ancient origins, according to an ancient story of Emperor Han Wu receiving the Buddha Mother on the full moon night of the eighth lunar month. It was later accepted by Cao Dai and elevated to become an important part of its teachings and rituals.

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Cao Dai followers and tourists from all over have been present in Tay Ninh 3-4 days before the main festival takes place.

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Thousands of people present admired the unique beauty of the dragon and horse dance performance, the four sacred animals with dragon incense, unicorn, turtle and phoenix along with the ethnic orchestra officially taking place in front of the Holy Temple, Bao An Tu and parading through the East and West stands in the inner city area.

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Every year, the Cao Dai Tay Ninh Holy See organizes two great festivals: Duc Chi Ton's Birthday (January 9) and Dieu Tri Palace Banquet (August 15). Dieu Tri Palace Banquet is the biggest festival of the year of Cao Dai Tay Ninh, held on the full moon day of the Mid-Autumn Festival at Bao An Tu (Holy See's inner courtyard).

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"In January and August, come back to Tay Ninh", that is a familiar saying of people in provinces and cities, because this is a very special festival season that only exists in the border province of Tay Ninh.

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The charitable actions at the Dieu Tri Palace Banquet have become a good tradition of Tay Ninh people and left beautiful images in the hearts of Cao Dai followers from all over the world as well as tourists when coming to this locality on the full moon day of the 8th lunar month every year.

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Those who come to cook for tourists are all volunteers and happy.

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The festival gathers hundreds of people so huge amounts of food must be cooked.

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Cao Dai followers and tourists from all over the world are offered free food at this festival.

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It took hundreds of people to join the cooking team to serve the people from all over who came to attend the Yaochi Palace Banquet.

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The family of Mrs. Nguyen Thi Hong Thuy (residing in Truong Hoa commune, Hoa Thanh town) cooked more than 1 ton of cassava to send to people attending the Cao Dai Yen Dieu Tri Festival (Photo: NB-HT)

Nguyen Thao

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