Pa Then fire dancing festival
Thursday, 12:25, 21/02/2013
(VOV) - A Pa Then fire dancing festival was held in the Culture-Tourism Village of Vietnamese Ethnic Groups in Hanoi from February 18-20.
The event often takes place after the last harvest of the year to dispel evil spirits and diseases.
It involves the brave men dancing barefoot on a fire.
Vietnam has about 3,700 Pa Then people, living mainly in Tuyen Quang and Ha Giang provinces.
A 90-minute ritual to offer boiled meat, rice and wine to gods |
Pa Then girls dancing around the fire |
Each man performing barefoot in 3-4 minutes |
A 20-year-old man showing his hands and feet unscathed |