Ok Om Bok festival of Khemr people in Tra Vinh are held periodically on the day of the full moon in the lunar calendar every year in October, so also known as moon worshiping ceremony. In Khmer, OK means put, Om Bok means nuggets up. So Ok Om Bok also mean nuggets put up.
According to the concept of Khmer beliefs, the moon is the god of weather and crops. In order to remember and give thanks to the gods, besides participating moon worship in hamlets, the temple; most of the Khmer in Tra Vinh family organizes moon worship at home. Moon Worship produce varying degree of each family, usually with local produce, such as bananas, coconuts, taro ... but indispensable nuggets up. When the moon rises, the family members in a ceremony focused; adult indoor incense, candles, pouring tea and pray with grateful hearts for the moon god, and pray for good weather and hamlet peaceful, healthy people ... well done, they pick up nuggets to feed offspring, they pat on the back and asked about wishes. Ok Om Bok During the night, the Khmer people also drop water lights, light wind. Lights soar high wind, carrying the desire, belief Khmer people to the moon god.
Tra Vinh province has more than 300 thousand ethnic Khmer, about 30% of the population. Over the years, Ok Om Bok-scale organized with the festival, which includes many fun activities and entertainment, is both folk is both modern, such as fairs, ngo boat racing, volleyball youth ethnic, tug, push sticks, banging pots, dance bags, run wild ... Vietnam has attracted tens of thousands of people in and outside the province to have fun. From May 8-2014, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee Decision announces the list of intangible cultural heritage to include 19 national cultural heritage intangible. In particular, Ok Om Bok festival of Khmer, Tra Vinh province.
To promote and strengthen the image of the country, people in Tra Vinh with friends near and far, Ok Om Bok festival 2014 in Tra Vinh province organizes special activities and significance. The festival officially welcomed by the moon and intangible cultural heritage could take place over the weekend in heritage zones Ba Om Pond, Ward 8 (Tra Vinh).
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