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Pilgrims in the Huong Pagoda ("Perfume Pagoda").

Some festivals in Hà Tây Province are well known in Vietnam and the world, of which Perfume Pagoda is the most noteworthy because it is the longest and most interesting.

All the festivals bear typical characteristics of traditional festivals of the north Delta (Red River) which show the religious belief or respect of the inhabitants for different gods and heroes. Each festival can be considered as a living museum containing culture, traditions of the nation to be represented by different ceremonies such as statue-bathing, fish-catching, etc. or by folk games as wrestling, water pulpet, Cheo Singing, Do Singing, cooking contests, etc.

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