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Binh Thuan leaders visit Cham Bani people on Ramuwan festival

Leaders of the central province of Binh Thuan visited and extended their best wishes to local ethnic Cham Bani people on the occasion of the community’s traditional Ramuwan festival.
Binh Thuan leaders visit Cham Bani people on Ramuwan festival ảnh 1A representative of provincial leaders (third from right) extends wishes to Cham Bani people (Source: VNA)

Binh Thuan (VNA) – Leaders of the central province of Binh Thuanvisited and extended their best wishes to local ethnic Cham Bani people on theoccasion of the community’s traditional Ramuwan festival.

Provincial leaders appreciated the Muslim community’scontributions to the national great unity, while hoping that dignitaries andprestigious people will promote their role in encouraging followers to followthe Party’s policies and the State’s laws and participate in new-style ruralarea building programmes, and supporting each other in poverty reduction.

Cham Bani dignitaries expressed their gratitude for localauthorities to create favourable conditions for Cham people to welcome Ramuwanfestival.

They said they hope to receive more assistance fromprovincial authorities to boost economic development.

Like Kinh people with the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, theCham Bani use the Ramuwan festival as an opportunity to visit home and gathertogether with their families to pay tribute to their ancestors and pray forhappiness, bumper crops and peace.

The festival began with a visit to ancestors’ graves, whichtook place on May 14-15. Cham Bani families go to cemeteries to cleanse anddecorate their ancestors’ graves and invite them back home to celebrateRamuwan.

Others rituals held during the festival are Va Ha festival,ancestor worshipping at home and Ramadan month when many Muslims do not eat ordrink even water between sunrise and sunset.

There are also other cultural and sport activities,attracting both local people and tourists on this occasion. In recent years,the Ramuwan festival has drawn a great number of visitors and researchers bothat home and abroad to explore the unique culture of the Islamic Cham communityin Binh Thuan.

Binh Thuan is currently home to 41,000 ethnic Cham people,including more than 15,000 Cham Bani. The province has outlined a line-up ofpreferential policies to support ethnic people. To date, all localities of theprovince have access to electricity.-VNA

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