Fire dance festival is a unique cultural activity of the Pa Then ethnic group. In the spiritual life of the Pa Then people, there are always gods to protect and help. The fire dance ceremony of the Pa Then ethnic group has become a beauty of cultural and spiritual activities, showing the extraordinary strength of people who dare to face difficulties, challenges, and chase away bad luck.

Fire dance festival is a unique cultural activity of the Pa Then ethnic group. In the spiritual life of the Pa Then people, there are always gods to protect and help. The fire dance ceremony of the Pa Then ethnic group has become a beauty of cultural and spiritual activities, showing the extraordinary strength of people who dare to face difficulties, challenges, and chase away bad luck. According to the concept of the Pa Then ethnic group, the fire symbolizes life, prosperity, happiness and indispensable in life. Currently, the Pa Then ethnic group in Tuyen Quang province has 150 households with 686 people, living mainly in Hong Quang commune, Lam Binh district. Fire dancing is a typical festival of the Pa Then people, usually held on the 16th day of the first lunar month every year to give thanks to the gods for a year of good crops, a prosperous life, and healthy villagers. sickness illness.

The festival begins with the shaman of the Pa Then making an invocation ceremony to the gods. Sacrificial offerings include a bowl of incense, a percussion instrument, a chicken, 5 cups of wine, and paper money. When the sorcerer knocks on the harp and performs an offering ceremony, the participants in the fire dance will sit opposite the magician and be blessed with the "ghost entry" spell and only for men. The ceremony lasts 1-2 hours before the festival starts.

According to those who have attended the Fire Dance Festival of the Pa Then people, while the shaman makes offerings to the gods, it is also the time to enter the field for the fire dancers, the participants in the fire dance are given strength, ingenuity and heart. brave. After the sacrifice ritual ended, the Pa Then boys began to participate in the Fire Dance Festival, they danced on the burning embers without fear or feeling burning amidst the cheers and cheers of the shops. thousand spectators. Men with bare feet jumped onto the burning coals. Strangely, they jumped into the pile of coals with such heat, but no one was burned, when they came out they all felt lighter and colder inside. Coal spots are thrown into the sky, making viewers and visitors feel excited and curious about this activity.

It can be said that, although it still has spiritual and mysterious colors, the traditional fire dance festival of the Pa Then ethnic group is a testament to the strength, the process of labor, and the mastery of nature to survive and develop. of human. This is not only a happy day for the Pa Then village,   not only means to connect the community but also preserves a lot of traditional cultural values ​​from generation to generation. The Fire Dance Festival of the Pa Then ethnic group has a long history, with cultural and scientific values ​​​​of the heritage. In 2012, the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism put the Pa Then fire dance festival on the National Intangible Cultural Heritage List for the first time, in order to preserve and promote a unique festival. imbued with ethnic cultural identity and attracted a large number of communities to participate.

Each ethnic group has its own cultural identity, with unique and impressive traditional cultural features dating back to a long time, the Pa Then people still retain many traditional cultural features of their nation. is the potential for Lam Binh district to attract domestic and international tourists to come and experience. Fire dance festival is still held regularly and kept pristine by the Pa Then people in Hong Quang commune, Lam Binh district. The Pa Then ethnic group in particular as well as the northern mountainous ethnic groups in general. Along with the Fire Dance Festival, visitors also enjoy a number of special cultural performances as well as witness first-hand the ceremony of pulling the pestle of the Pa Then ethnic group.

Tuyen Quang province is gradually building the Fire Dancing Festival to become a specific tourism "product" to attract domestic and foreign tourists who want to discover the unique culture of the Pa Then ethnic group in each New Year to Spring. about....