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This colourful festival in Vietnam is held in honour of Thien Hau Thanh Mau, the Mother of the Land is held on the 15th of the first lunar month in the Chinese calendar. Located right at the centre of Thu Dau Mot city, visitors must look out for comfortable serviced apartments Ho Chi Minh in order to lodge during the festival. One of such Ho Chi Minh serviced apartments known for its conveniences is Somerset Vista Ho Chi Minh City which is a delight in itself.

The pagoda is decorated with glittering lights and hundreds of lanterns for the festival and lion dances are common on the festival day. Offerings of small pigs, fruits, sticky rice and cookies are made at midnight while the procession of lion dances, plenty of singing and dancing marches through one street to the other much to the delight of all residing within the area. This delightful folk festival is a true emblem of the unique culture that this south east region bears and has always delighted all those who have been lucky enough to witness it firsthand.

Uditha Dharmawardhane is a travel writer who writes under the pen name Roland Lefevre. He specializes in creating features on leisure as well as business travel destinations across the globe.

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