Kate Festival 2022 in Binh Thuan will take place in 02 days from October 24 to 25
01/08/2022
(binhthuan.gov.vn) According
to the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Kate Festival 2022 will
take place in 2 days from October 24 to 25, at Po Sah Inu Tower.
This time, the Kate
Festival will be held in conjunction with the announcement of the decision of
the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism on approving the Kate Festival of
Cham people in Binh Thuan province into the list of national intangible cultural
heritages.
The festival consists
of ritual and fest parts. In particular, the ritual part is performed by Cham
Brahmin dignitaries, Ham Thuan Bac district, at the main tower (tower A) with
the rituals of opening the tower door, bathing the altar of Linga - Yoni,
wearing costumes, and offerings Kate. At the fest part, there will be contests
on display and decoration of offerings on Thonla, Co Bong to the goddess Po Sah
Inu at the main stage, Cham folk art program, rice pounding contest, hitting
the pot game, etc.
As known, Kate is the
oldest and most unique folk festival of the Brahmin Cham people in Binh Thuan,
held annually on July 01 according to the Cham calendar, usually at the end of
September and the beginning October. Over the past 15 years, Kate festival has
been restored by Binh Thuan province at Po Sah Inu tower (Phu Hai ward, Phan
Thiet city) and has become one of six typical festivals selected by the
province to develop for tourism. This is an activity to introduce and promote
the values and characteristics of the Cham people to the world. Along with
that, it is to raise the awareness and actions of the Cham people in preserving
and conserving the values of the festival, meeting the needs of religious
activities, beliefs and cultural enjoyment for tourism to promote local
socio-economic development.
Phạm Huệ