Cham people’s Kate festival in Ninh Thuan will take place on October 12 to attract Cham ethnic followers of Brahmin in the central province of Ninh Thuan.
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This is the largest festival in the year of the Cham community in Ninh Thuan. Falling on the first day of the 7th month of the Cham calendar, the festival features a wide range of traditional cultural and sport performances at temples and towers.
There are about 153,000 Cham people in Viet Nam, including approximately 72,500 people in Ninh Thuan. Over 43,000 of them, scattered across 12 communes in seven districts, follow the Brahmin religion.
On the occasion, local authorities have organized visits to dignitaries and families, who contributed to the national revolution, households with remarkable contributions to the locality’s patriotic movements.
The Cham people in central Ninh Thuan province are marking the Kate festival with traditional rituals to remember their ancestors, while praying for good weather, abundant crops and growth of life.
Along with preserving tangible and intangible heritage and traditional cultural activities, and restoring ancient Cham towers, local authorities pay special attention to implementing research and projects on Cham festivals, culture, arts, and language teaching.