The festival features a number of traditional activities of Co Tu people, including offering live buffalos to God and their ancestors, dancing, and enjoying traditional food and drinks such as ruou can (wine stored in a big jar and drunk by using a long pipe), sticky rice wine, dried meat, com lam (rice cooked in bamboo tubes), and wild vegetables.
It is held to pray for good weather, bumper crops and prosperity for the villagers.
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Co Tu women perform their traditional dance
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Y Cong, 84, the village patriarch, beats the drum to start the festival
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Co Tu men in a march during the festival
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| Co Tu elders enjoy traditional food |
