Fisherman's Prayer Festival in Dien Bich commune

Fisherman's Prayer Festival in Dien Bich commune takes place on a beautiful day chosen by the shaman in the period from January to February. This time is both the beginning of the new year, and due to the weather, fishing is not favorable, so most residents stay at home.

Fisherman’s Prayer Festival consists of 2 parts:

- The ceremony took place solemnly at Ca Temple. Offerings include chicken sticky rice, betel nut, wine, , incense, votive paper and an indispensable offering is Long Chu (dragon boat). The boat is about 3 m long, made of bamboo and cork, the outside is glued with colorful papers. On the boat put the effigies with the code. The effigies wearing a hat and holding an oar.

The ceremony takes place within 2 hours, according to the direction of the announcer. After the ceremony, two healthy men dressed in short & narrow clothes and scarves and the villagers took the dragon boat to the river near Lach Tong estuary to launch it (often called Tong Long Chu), with the implication of sending off bad luck, calamities, and diseases so that residents can go out to sea and enter the river in peace, the boat is full of fish and shrimp....

- Festival part:

After finishing the ceremony, the villagers gather in the temple yard and surrounding empty spaces to play unique folk games such as playing human chess, card chess, wrestling, pot smashing, banana climbing, making cakes with glutinous rice flour mixed with molasses,. ... attracting a large number of people to participate and cheer. Among the above games, many games only appear in this area (smashing pots, making cakes with glutinous rice flour mixed with molasses), bringing laughter, creating more exciting atmosphere for the festival.

People in Dien Bich commune always believe that: after doing Fisherman's Prayer Festival, the gods will support, give strength and faith to them to stick to the sea and occupation./.