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Hoi An’s mid-autumn festival named intangible heritage

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has listed the mid-autumn Full Moon Festival (on the 14th day of the eighth lunar month) of Hoi An ancient town in central Quang Nam province as a National Intangible Heritage.
Hoi An’s mid-autumn festival named intangible heritage ảnh 1Lion dances during the annual middle autumn festival in Hoi An. The festival was listed as a national intangible heritage by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. (Photo courtesy of Hoi An city's Centre for Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation)
Quang Nam (VNS/VNA) - The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism haslisted the mid-autumn Full Moon Festival (on the 14th day of the eighth lunarmonth) of Hoi An ancient town in central Quang Nam province as a NationalIntangible Heritage.

The Centre for Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation of Hoi An city saidthe mid-autumn festival of Hoi An was one of 14 recognised by the ministry, andthe official certificate will be handed over soon.

The centre said the festival this year will be held with a series of activitiesand cultural performances in the Old Quarter and on the Hoai River banks onSeptember 29, promoting tourism recovery after the pandemic.

It’s a post-harvest festival during which people gather together in celebrationof a bumper harvest by making cakes and offerings from farm produce, expressingthanks to Heaven for peace and abundant crops, according to the centre.

Lion and unicorn dances are a focus of the festival on the main stage in the HoaiRiver Square and along the streets of the Old Quarter.

The festival is decorated by lanterns in the Old Quarter and candle-lit paperflowers released on the Hoai River on the 14th and 15th day of the eighth lunarmonth. It’s also a favourite rendezvous for local people and foreign touristsvisiting and exploring the culture and lifestyle of Hoi An.

The UNESCO-recognised world heritage site received the annual Nguyen TieuFestival – the fifth national intangible heritage of Hoi An after Thanh Chaubird's nest, Thanh Ha Pottery village, carpentry of Kim Bong Village and Tra Quevegetable garden./.
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