The beautiful 20-year-old girl plays the female general Le Hoa who goes to find a son-in-law in the suburbs of Hanoi.
Monday, March 11, 2024 19:25 PM (GMT+7)
Every February 2nd of the lunar calendar, people in Duong Yen village (Xuan Non commune, Dong Anh district, Hanoi) hold a son-in-law selection festival with many unique rituals and folk games to commemorate the merits of female general Le Hoa.
Video : Special son-in-law selection festival in the suburbs of Hanoi.
According to records on the afternoon of March 11 (February 2 of the lunar calendar), people of Duong Yen village flocked to the village communal house to participate in the festival commemorating female general Le Hoa, the heroine who, after assisting the Trung sisters in winning the battle, returned to her hometown to hold a festival to compete in farming and choosing a son-in-law.
The groom-choosing ceremony is divided into two parts, including the ceremony and the festival. The main ceremony is the solemn procession taking the village tutelary god from the temple to the communal house for the ceremony. The second part includes many folk games.
The "son-in-law selection" festival is elaborately prepared, and the selection of participants is very careful. The person playing the role of Duc Thanh Ba (Mrs. Le Hoa) must be an elegant girl who does not have her own family, along with other items to serve the festival. Nguyen Diep Truc (20 years old) has the honor of playing the role of Duc Thanh Ba (Mrs. Le Hoa) in this year's festival.
Drum dance and special performances to open the 2024 groom-picking festival.
The opening of the son-in-law selection ceremony is the procession of Mrs. Le Hoa's palanquin from the village gate to the communal house yard, with village elders on both sides clasping their hands in front of their chests to welcome the "Holy Lady" down from the palanquin.
Next, the family of female general Le Hoa announced the selection of a son-in-law.
Then the people playing the role of "the groom" split into two factions, the North and the Back.
In the groom selection contest, 3 games will be recreated to test the grooms' skills.
The first competition is "Plowing Competition" on the brick yard. This competition attracts many tourists because it requires two people to pretend to be buffaloes and plowmen, as well as the guide to be extremely intelligent and skillful.
Next is the frog catching contest, with children pretending to be frogs. The judges will give high scores to the "frogs" that jump strongly and quickly.
The final round of "catching loaches" in jars created the most laughter among locals and tourists.
The "son-in-law selection ceremony" in 2024 attracted a large number of people and tourists to fill the communal house yard.
After 3 rounds, the judges will score points with cards. At the end of each competition, the judges declare the winner, then add the card points to choose the winner.
At the end of the competition, the winner will be accompanied by the female general to a ceremony to honor her ancestors. Along with that, the villagers will organize a dance and sing to celebrate the beautiful couple's marriage.
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