Vietnam Ancestral Global Day to be celebrated in three continents
On the occasion of the Hung Kings Temple Festival, which falls on April 14 this year (the 10th day of the third month in lunar calendar), the second “Vietnam Ancestral Global Day” (VAGD) is slated to take place in Asia, North America and Europe.
An art performance by overseas Vietnamese in Germany to celebrate the Hung Kings Memorial Day 2017.(Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – On the occasion ofthe Hung Kings Temple Festival, which falls on April 14 this year (the 10th day of the third month in lunar calendar), the second “Vietnam Ancestral GlobalDay” (VAGD) is slated to take place in Asia, North America and Europe.
The Association for Liaison with OverseasVietnamese, VAGD Project Mobilisation and Vietnamese embassies and expats in Laos,Thailand, Japan, Canada and Poland will run the events.
The day is designed following a sharedformat, which consists of three parts – incense offering to pay tribute to HungKings; art and musical performances; and scientific seminars and workshops.
Legend has it that the Hung Kings ruledVietnam from 2879 BC until 258 BC and they are considered the founders of thenation. To honour the Kings, the 10th day of the third lunar month isdesignated as their national commemorative anniversary date.
The worshipping rituals of the Hung Kingsare closely related to the ancestral worshipping tradition of most Vietnamesefamilies which forms an important part of people's spiritual life. It wasrecognised by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2012.
The annual Hung Kings’ Temple Festival isusually celebrated by overseas Vietnamese in a similar fashion to that at home.However, in the past, as expats held the celebrations sporadically and withouta centralised format, they generally attracted little attention from communitymembers and international friends.
Since 2015, the VAGD Project has movedtowards three key goals: To preserve and spread the Intangible CulturalHeritage “Hung Kings’ worship rite” abroad; to hold discussions, seminars andworkshops to connect and promote intercultural exchange between Vietnamese andother cultures in the world; and to build a strategy to spread and advertiseVietnamese cultural (spiritual) values in the life of overseas Vietnamese, hostcountries and international friends.
The non-profit socio-cultural project aimsto bring public values to overseas Vietnamese all over the world.-VNA
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An art performance by overseas Vietnamese in Germany to celebrate the Hung Kings Memorial Day 2017.(Photo: VNA) 
