On February 7, a festival to pray for a good fish harvest – the Cau Ngu Festival – opened in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.


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The two-day event begins with rituals to make offerings to the gods. 





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It is followed by lion dances and performances re-enacting fishing and trading activities in the coastal village.





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The festival also features a procession of the whale god through villages to the communal house as well as the floating of flower garlands and coloured lanterns to the sea.






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