Aza Koonh festival – traditional new year celebration of Pa Co ethnic

  • Photo: A decorated neu tree is being erected as part of Pa Co Aza Koonh festival. VNA Photo: Hồ Cầu
    Photo: A decorated neu tree is being erected as part of Pa Co Aza Koonh festival. VNA Photo: Hồ Cầu
  • Photo: A village elder performs the Giang (God) worshipping ritual at his home in A Nam village. VNA Photo: Hồ Cầu
    Photo: A village elder performs the Giang (God) worshipping ritual at his home in A Nam village. VNA Photo: Hồ Cầu
  • Photo: Families from A Nam village bring their offerings to the Aza Koonh festival to join the gods' worshipping rituals. VNA Photo: Hồ Cầu
    Photo: Families from A Nam village bring their offerings to the Aza Koonh festival to join the gods' worshipping rituals. VNA Photo: Hồ Cầu
  • Photo: A view of the Pa Co worshipping ritual for god of rice. VNA Photo: Hồ Cầu
    Photo: A view of the Pa Co worshipping ritual for god of rice. VNA Photo: Hồ Cầu
  • Photo: Pa Co people pray to god of rice for favourable weather and bumper crops. VNA Photo: Hồ Cầu
    Photo: Pa Co people pray to god of rice for favourable weather and bumper crops. VNA Photo: Hồ Cầu
  • Photo: Pa Co people prepare offerings for their worshipping rituals. VNA Photo: Hồ Cầu
    Photo: Pa Co people prepare offerings for their worshipping rituals. VNA Photo: Hồ Cầu
  • Photo: Pa Co people prepare offerings for the worshipping ritual of god of rice. VNA Photo: Hồ Cầu
    Photo: Pa Co people prepare offerings for the worshipping ritual of god of rice. VNA Photo: Hồ Cầu
  • Photo: Pa Co ethnic people pray to the god of rice with plenty of offerings. VNA Photo: Hồ Cầu
    Photo: Pa Co ethnic people pray to the god of rice with plenty of offerings. VNA Photo: Hồ Cầu

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Aza Koonh festival – traditional new year celebration of Pa Co ethnic
01/21/2019 09:57 | TTXVN |
The Aza festival is a long-standing practice of Pa Co – Ta Oi ethnic community in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue. It is a traditional custom to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new one while paying respect and gratitude for gods, for favourable weather conditions and bumper crops for the upcoming year. Traditionally, the Aza festival usually kicks off on the sixth day of the eleventh lunar month and lasts until the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month. The Aza festival has two types, one is the annually held Aza Kan, the other is held every five years and is called Aza Koonh, with the latter having more rituals with complex organization. VNA Photo: Hồ Cầu

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