The festival opened early in the morning with a procession of Goddess Po Sah Inu’s robes, which toured Po Inugar temple, as well as both Po Rome and PoKlong Girai towers.
At the event, Cham men and women performed traditional dances while dignitaries staged a ritual involving donning traditional costumes for the god statue.
Participants to the event also took part in a brocade weaving competition and enjoyed folk games such as carrying water on one’s head, stick pushing and tug of war.
On the occasion, local authorities visited and presented gifts to dignitaries and policy beneficiary families, who contributed to social activities and the locality’s patriotic movements.
Celebrated over the first ten days of the seventh month of the Cham calendar, Kate is one of the most important festivals of the Cham people in Ninh Thuan. It is an opportunity for the ethnic Brahman community to acknowledge their ancient gods and pray for a bumper harvest and prosperity.
This year’s Kate festival was held as part of the ongoing Wine and Grape Festival 2016 in Ninh Thuan, which is designed to promote Cham culture to visitors both at home and abroad.
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