Cultural activities across Ho Chi Minh City will mark the Death Anniversary of Hung Kings on April 19 this year--the tenth day of the third lunar month.
Dam Sen Cultural Park will organize an incense offering ceremony to commemorate Hung Kings at 5.30pm today, April 19. After the ceremony, visitors will have a chance to exchange with People’s Artist Le Thuy and see her perform Tan Co Giao Duyen songs.
From April 19-21, park visitors can attend traditional games, a competition to eat Chung and Day cakes and a cuisine area providing popular dishes like Gai cake, boiled corns, lotus seed sweet soup and southern fruits.
A cake making contest was co-organized by the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee and Dam Sen Cultural Park on morning of April 19 in District 11.
A traditional boat race has also been organised with 50 participating teams at the park from April 19-20.
Suoi Tien Tourist Site held a ceremony to offer incense and 4,000 Chung and Day cakes to the Hung Kings on Friday.
The HCMC Historical and Cultural Park in District 9 coordinated with the Youth Cultural House to organize a traditional camping festival at the Hung King commemorative area in Long Binh Ward on April 18-19.
The camping festival attracted more than 1,200 students, youth and military soldiers. They also attended a book festival there. Most books are on culture, history and literature.
A photo exhibition on Hung Kings’ is on from April 2-24 at the HCMC Women Cultural House.
The HCMC History Museum is also running a photo exhibition on 54 ethnic minority groups of Vietnam at the Hung King Temple. A photo exhibition on the reign of the Hung Kings is on at Hung Vuong Secondary School, Phu Nhuan Cultural Center and Phu My Hung Commercial Center.
