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Cham people celebrate Kate Festival

by 20 October 2017 Last updated at 11:00 AM

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Cham people celebrate Kate Festival
VTV.vn - The ethnic Cham Brahman people in the southern central province of Ninh Thuan began their most important event of the year at the Kate Festival on Thursday.

A ceremony to receive a certificate recognising the Kate Festival as a national intangible heritage by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and tourism was also held. Thousands of Cham people along with visitors participated in various festive activities at Po Klong Girai and other Cham towers. Falling on the first day of the seventh month of the Cham calendar,

Kate is the most popular Cham festival in Ninh Thuan. It reminds the ethnic Brahman community of their ancient gods and delivers wishes for bumper harvests and the growth of all beings.