Sacred rituals at Ba Pagoda
On the 4.5.6 month of the lunar calendar every year, Ba Den Ceremony was solemnly held with many sacred rituals at the system of Nui Ba temples to show respect to the holy spirit - the god of protection for a land in the religious life of the Southern people.
This year, the Ba via festival will be held on a large scale in Linh Son Tien Thach Tu and Dien Ba located halfway up Ba Den Mountain. Here, people will pay their respects to the Holy Mother Linh Son with traditional rituals such as the Ba Ba bath ceremony, the Phat sunglause, the Golide worship, the Ba Den lantern ceremony, the offering ceremony of 10 types of offerings: Flowers, lights, incense, tea, real fruit, rice, water lilies, gold rushes...
This year's Ba Vay Festival is also a time for Buddhists and people to remember the Venerable Thich Nu Dieu Nghia - former Deputy Head of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Tay Ninh province - known to people across the country for many charitable activities, social security, and the spirit of initiation of a monk. Linh Son Tien Thach Tu is the pagoda where the university head fell from his family hair to become a monk, and devoted his whole life to practicing law.
Many unique art programs such as badminton dance, cai luong, Tuong... are also expected to be held at the Ba Pagoda system during the Vi Festival days.
Attending the leaf market and offering a plaque on the top of the mountain
On the top of Ba Den Mountain, many unique cultural activities will be held on this occasion, especially the Leaf Market - a "specialty" market of Tay Ninh famous for its unique way of buying and selling: buying goods with leaves. Here, Sun World Ba Den Mountain tourist area recreates the scenery of old rural markets with leaf-lined stalls, with girls wearing Ao Ba Ba, scarves, and folk games around the market.
Each tourist goes to the cable car ticket gate to the top of Ba Den Mountain will be given a bodhi leaf to buy food and drinks with many traditional dishes sold such as little cake, rolls, rice paper, banh chung, cakes, filter cake, cow cake, pork skin, cassava cassava, tea, sticky rice ... This is considered a special experience of Tay Ninh, the unique cuisine of the cowhider, the cuisine of the cowhider is unique to the cowhand. coated.
On the evening of May 31 (on the 5. 5th of the lunar calendar), the great ceremony to celebrate the celebration of the ceremony will be held sacred at the square at the foot of the Buddha statue of Tay Da Son. Here, thousands of lantern lights are made by the staff of Sun World Ba Den Mountain and tourists, Buddhists wrote their own wishes to be lit by the water plates, creating a magical and sacred space for the highest mountain in the South. This is the opportunity for people to send thousands of prayers for peace and happiness to offer Buddhas and Linh Son Holy Mother Bodhisattva representing compassion, saving sentient beings.
The last day of this year's every year also coincides with Children's Day on the first of June. Therefore, many attractive activities will be held on the mountain top such as folk games, lion and dragon dances, art performances, etc., bringing a joyful and vibrant atmosphere to the "Southern roof".
This year, the Ceremony of Ba was held right after the Vesak 2025 ceremony at Ba Den Mountain, which is also an opportunity for visitors to worship the magnificent spiritual cultural works that make this place a "meeting place between heaven and the lower world" at the words of Venerable Phra Brahmapundit - Chairman of the International Commission for International Vesak UN Ceremony. In particular, Bodhi Bodhi Garden from Bodhidharma is grown by thousands of high rising from all over the world in the Vesak Great Ceremony to become a space for tourists to nourish compassion and intelligence, find peace and purity right at the top of the sacred mountain. The exhibition of Buddhist theme paintings with the name "about enlightenment" by artist Hoang Phong and the art exhibition space with thousands of lights hand -painted lights also made unique cultural experiences for the highest mountain in the South on this occasion.
Lasting throughout the first days of the 5th lunar month, the Linh Son Holy Mother Festival is expected to welcome thousands of Buddhists and tourists from all over the world to worship and celebrate, creating a sacred pilgrimage season at the highest mountain peak in the South.
