A large number of local people and visitors joined the Pig Procession festival in La Phu village, Hoai Duc, Hanoi on February 17 (the 13th day of Lunar New Year).


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The annual festival takes place on the 13th day of the first lunar month 




Local people worship their Tutelary God with offerings of pigs




Villagers raise a pig with special care from the previous year to reach 120-200kg




The selection and breeding of pigs is a rigorous process




The pigs to be sacrificed this year were chosen carefully and raised by the most skilled farmers in the village




Each hamlet sends their pigs to the communal house for the ceremony




Pig procession in La Phu village


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