Foreign dignitaries attend Chau Van performances
VOV.VN - Chau Van and Hau Dong performances, important rituals to worship Mother Goddesses, transpired on February 26 at the Phu Day relic site in Vu Ban District in Nam Dinh Province.
The ceremonies were attended by more than 20 foreign ambassadors and other high dignitaries along with hundreds of prominent Vietnamese officials, politicians, and intellectuals.
Chau Van is a spiritual ritual combining folk singing and dancing. Hau Dong involves women mediums going into trances. They are usually performed in rituals to worship Mother Goddesses.
The event, sponsored by the Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO in coordination with local authorities, aims to introduce cultural values of Vietnamese people to the international community.
The ceremony pays particular respect to the creative and productive power of the Divine Mother in nature, which is very similar to the Earth Mother in Stone-Age Western religion.