Cham people in Ninh Thuận celebrate the Ramuwan Festival

From May 14 to 16, the joyful atmosphere of the Ramuwan Festival of Cham people following the Ba Ni religion in Ninh Thuan is very exciting. Across the village roads, alleys, each house is decorated brilliantly. The festival is an opportunity for the Cham people to reunite with their families, make offerings to their ancestors, eliminate the hatreds, unite the friendship of the neighbors and help each other rise in life.
Coming to Thanh Tin village, Phuoc Hai commune, Ninh Phuoc district these days, we feel that the life of more than 1,000 households here has been greatly improved.

Over the past few years, besides promoting the spirit of solidarity and mutual help in life, Cham people here also actively participate in the movement "All people unite to build new rural areas and civilized cities"; building a cultural family, implementing a civilized lifestyle and convention of the village, simplifying funerals and festivals; ensure security and order; cleaning beautiful village roads and alleys, etc. Currently, 95% of internal roads in the countryside are concreted; 100% of households have access to the national electricity grid, use hygienic water ...

Mr. Tu Cong Man, said: “Ramuwan is the New Year day of the Cham people following the Ba Ni religion. It is an opportunity for the children and grandchildren to reunite to remember their ancestors and at the same time wish their grandparents and parents good health and villages. Peaceful, prosperous home, people peaceful, happy, produce the season, so the atmosphere is very bustling.

Visiting the head of Kieu Thanh Phien village in the atmosphere to celebrate the festival, he shared: “In recent years, the people in the village are very happy because the Party and the State are interested in investing in building clean and beautiful concrete roads. convenient transportation. To cope with climate change, the people actively change crops and apply scientific and technical advances to production and animal husbandry, so the quality of daily life is improved; Rural appearance is increasingly flourishing.

From the early morning, on the loudspeaker system in the hamlets of Phuoc Nhon 1, Phuoc Nhon 2, Phuoc Nhon 3 and An Nhon, Xuan Hai commune, Ninh Hai district, have played songs bearing the melody of Cham folk songs. festival. The Cham people here sell herbal medicine so they often go far from home until the local festival to come to shop, decorate the house, prepare traditional dishes ... welcome Ramuwan, so the atmosphere is very vibrant.

According to customs, on the morning of May 14, thousands of people wore traditional Cham costumes and brought offerings to the graves in the village's cemeteries to commemorate and invite the deceased in the family and clan to " visit ”home, enjoy Ramưwan with descendants. Mr. Hanim Phun in Phuoc Nhon village 1 confided: “I practice herbal medicine so I am often away from home, but according to custom, whenever Ramuwan goes, I have to go home to worship ancestors and visit relatives. , may all good things come to you and your family in the new year ”.

This year, the joys of Mrs. Truong Thi Thu Dinh's family in Van Lam 3 hamlet, Phuoc Nam commune, Thuan Nam district have been greatly multiplied during the celebration, because for the first time participating in the "big field", harvest 8 tons of rice / ha. The family has a higher income, so they should organize ancestor worship in Ramuwan day more thoughtfully every year. Ms. Dinh said: "For many years, my family now has the opportunity to make many traditional cakes of the Cham people such as Noodles Ya, Nung cakes and other offerings to ancestors."

The family of Ms. Tràng Thị Kim Tiên in Phước Nam commune is having a bigger joy, that is on the occasion of the family reunion, she will announce to the ancestors, grandparents that her three children all graduated from university and have a job made in TP. Ho Chi Minh.

After the grave-rite ceremony took place on May 14 and 15, Cham villages following the Ba Ni religion in Ninh Thuan organize a house worship ceremony with many gifts and pray for a peaceful and prosperous new year.

After the ceremony is the assembly. These days, there are many recreational activities, cultural and artistic activities, physical training and sports among the youth of the villages in Ninh Thuan. The festival also attracts thousands of visitors from all over the world to come and have fun and learn about the unique culture. Religious dignitaries set a good example in the spirit of religious harmony, mobilizing believers to unite and protect each other to do business.

Mr. Tu Cong Du, Vice Chairman of Ninh Thuan's Nun Council of Monks, said: “On the days of Ramuwan Festival, the province, districts, departments, agencies, unions established a delegation to visit, We congratulated and encouraged people to actively respond to poverty reduction goals by following the Party and State guidelines, policies and laws. contribute to successful implementation of socio-economic development goals and new rural construction ”.

According to custom, after three days of celebrating the Ramuwan Festival, Cham people following the Ba ni religion entered the fasting month. This is a very important ritual, because this month, the dignitaries on the Council of Monks both left their homes and entered the cathedral to pray. Every Cham person takes time to go to the church to calm his mind, reflect on his actions in the past year, evaluate himself and remove the thoughts to live better. At the same time, pray to the ancestors to maintain the new year and everything will be well.