On the morning of February 20, 2024 (ie January 11, Giáp Thìn (Dragon) year), the Festival Organizing Committee opened the 2024 Cầu Cả Village Festival.

Cầu Cả Village is also known as Cầu Kỳ.  According to legend, this place was once one of the eight communes protecting Cổ Loa citadel from the outside, guarded by General  Lý Tâm Viễn. According to folklore, the reason for its name is because the village is located right next to the Hoàng Giang River, where there used to be a bridge across the river (May Bridge -  Ngũ Nguyệt Kiều). The Cầu Cả Village Festival is held at Cầu Cả Village Communal House, on  the 11th day of the first lunar month every year. Cầu Cả Communal House is a traditional religious architecture built to worship An Dương, the king who led the Âu Lạc country and was the village's tutelary god.

Officials perform the sacrificial ritual

Along with the festival of Bát Xã Loa Thành, the festival of Cầu Cả village contributes to embellishing the picture of Cổ Loa festival to be more vivid and unique. Coming to the festival of Bát Xã, the festival of Cầu Cả village, immersing ourselves in the atmosphere here in the early days of spring helps us have more feelings, respect and preserve the traditional cultural values ​​of the Capital, of the country with a thousand years of civilization.

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