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| The 2023 Nguyen Trung Truc Temple Festival is expected to attract 1.2 million visitors. (Photo: SGGP) |
This year’s commemoration is organized on a large scale to mark the event that has been recognized as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage.
The three-day-long event includes various cultural activities, such as art programs and ceremonial offerings, the 8th Mekong Delta art photo exhibition, a Vietnamese traditional martial arts (Vovinam) tournament, a trade and tourism fair, performances of don ca tai tu (Southern amateur music), kylin and dragon dance and more.
The organizer said that a number of sponsors and around 3,000 volunteers participate in the festival to offer free vegetarian meals, medical check-ups, and medicines to local people.
Nguyen Trung Truc (1839-1868) was the leader of the anti-French colonial uprising in South Vietnam and is remembered for his famous quote, “Only when all the grass in Vietnam has been pulled out then will there be no Vietnamese person to fight the aggressors.
The most notable of the seaborne attacks was Truc's burning of the French warship L'Esperance on Nhat Tao canal on December 10, 1861.
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| Visitors offer incense to national hero Nguyen Trung Truc. (Photo: SGGP) |
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| At Nguyen Trung Truc Temple in Kien Giang Province (Photo: SGGP) |
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| The organizer provides thousands of free vegetarian meals during the festival. (Photo: SGGP) |
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| The Kien River in Rach Gia City (Photo: SGGP) |
