Cổ Loa festival is a typical festival in the Northern Delta through sacrifice rituals, palanquin processions, religious rites of worshiping Gods very solemnly, respectfully, and sacredly in sequence and through performances and folk games with vivid and unique art of the ancient capital.
The Cổ Loa Festival 2023 re-enacts folk rituals and games, and at the same time, announced the Decision on recognition of Cổ Loa festival as a national intangible cultural heritage and the Decision on recognition of Cổ Loa Special National Monument as a city-level tourist attraction.
Time: From January 26, 2023 to January 27, 2023 (ie the 5th and 6th of January in the Quý Mão year (lunar celendar)).
Venue: Co Loa Special National Site
Activities at the festival include:
* 26 January 2023 (ie 5th of the 1st Lunar month in Quý Mão year)
- 8am-5:30pm:
+ Volleyball tournament and vietnamese wrestling tournament
+ Traditional folk games: crossbow shooting, human chess, Swaying back and forth game, Throwing cotton ball game. Bamboo dancing
+ Calligraphy giving
+ Đào thục – Thụy Lâm water puppetry performance; Bắc Ninh love duet singing performnace; vietnamese opera performance.
-7:30pm-9:30pm: art perfomance or traditional art performance.
*27 January 2023 (ie 6th of the 1st Lunar month in Quý Mão year)
- 8am-5:30pm:
+ Incense offering ceremony of Eight Communes of Cổ Loa citadel.
+ Cổ Loa Festival 2023 opening ceremony
+ Sacrificial rites
+ The palanquin procession of King An Dương and Cổ Loa eight communes includes: Cổ Loa, Văn Thượng, Mạch Tràng, Sằn Giã, Ngoại Sát, Đài Bi, Cầu Cả, Thư Cưu.
+ Traditional art performances: water puppetry, Bắc Ninh love duet singing, vietnamese opera.
+ Sports Competitions: voleyball, vietnamese wrestling, crossbow shooting, swaying back and forth game, etc.
- 7:30pm-9:30pm: art perfomance or traditional art performance.
Festivals at Cổ Loa Eight Communes:
-Văn Thượng Village Festival: 29 January 2023 (ie 8th of the 1st Lunar month in Quý Mão year)
-Ngoại Sát Village Festival: 30 January 2023 (ie 9th of the 1st Lunar month in Quý Mão year)
-Mạch Tràng Village Festival: 31 January 2023 (ie 10th of the 1st Lunar month in Quý Mão year)
-Cầu Cả Village Festival: 1 February 2023 (ie 11th of the 1st Lunar month in Quý Mão year)
-Sằn Giã Village Festival: 3 February 2023 (ie 13th of the 1st Lunar month in Quý Mão year)
-Thư Cưu Village Festival: 6 February 2023 (ie 16th of the 1st Lunar month in Quý Mão year)
Cổ Loa festival contains historical values of the land, people and cultural values of folk knowledge in agricultural cultivation, spiritual beliefs, customs of Cổ Loa. Every festival season, the people of Cổ Loa and the villages in Eight Communes have the opportunity to review the history of nation building, fight against foreign invaders and evoke national pride. You are cordially invited to attend the Cổ Loa festival in the spring of Quý Mão 2023.
Management Department of Cổ Loa Vestige Site
