The name of the festival manifests the ebullient atmosphere of the festival. This is a festival of Lap Thach people at the side of Day River on January 7 (Lunar day) of Ban Gian Commune with a purpose of being in member of Hung King.
The participants of the ball dragging game are the strong youth using their hands to robber the wooden ball (diameter of 35cm)-symbol of foot-soldier. The stick is made of bamboo (1.3m long, one part of the bamboo is made curved with a form of horse-head)- symbol of cavalry…they rush to the ball and take it back by using the stick.
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The festival wanted to show the sporting spirit of our forefather and the creativeness bearing the art of people in this zone.