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The rice-cooking contest takes place in the courtyard of Thi Cam communal house. (Photo: Khanh Hoa – VNA)
The rice-cooking contest takes place in the courtyard of Thi Cam communal house. (Photo: Khanh Hoa – VNA)
The rice-cooking contest takes place in the courtyard of Thi Cam communal house. (Photo: Khanh Hoa – VNA)
The rice-cooking contest takes place in the courtyard of Thi Cam communal house. (Photo: Khanh Hoa – VNA)
Young men pound unhusked rice in a stone mortar. (Photo: Khanh Hoa – VNA)
Young men pound unhusked rice in a stone mortar. (Photo: Khanh Hoa – VNA)
Young men from each team make fire with straw. (Photo: Khanh Hoa – VNA)
Young men from each team make fire with straw. (Photo: Khanh Hoa – VNA)
Team members winnow and wash the rice after the paddy has been pounded, preparing for the cooking stage. (Photo: Khanh Hoa – VNA)
Team members winnow and wash the rice after the paddy has been pounded, preparing for the cooking stage. (Photo: Khanh Hoa – VNA)
Team members braid straw into long bundles to use as fuel and cushioning for the stone mortars, a stage requiring skill to keep the fire burning evenly and steadily. (Photo: Khanh Hoa – VNA)
Team members braid straw into long bundles to use as fuel and cushioning for the stone mortars, a stage requiring skill to keep the fire burning evenly and steadily. (Photo: Khanh Hoa – VNA)
The husk-winnowing stage. (Photo: Khanh Hoa – VNA)
The husk-winnowing stage. (Photo: Khanh Hoa – VNA)
Local people enjoy the rice cooking festival. (Photo: Khanh Hoa – VNA)
Local people enjoy the rice cooking festival. (Photo: Khanh Hoa – VNA)
This time-honoured event symbolises hope and well-wishes for prosperity and happiness in the whole year. (Photo: Khanh Hoa – VNA)
This time-honoured event symbolises hope and well-wishes for prosperity and happiness in the whole year. (Photo: Khanh Hoa – VNA)
Four pots of rice are brought into the communal house as offerings to the village tutelary deity. (Photo: Khanh Hoa – VNA)
Four pots of rice are brought into the communal house as offerings to the village tutelary deity. (Photo: Khanh Hoa – VNA)
Four pots of rice are carried into the communal house to be offered to the village tutelary deity, after which village elders taste and judge the rice to select the team with the best-cooked dish. (Photo: Khanh Hoa – VNA)
Four pots of rice are carried into the communal house to be offered to the village tutelary deity, after which village elders taste and judge the rice to select the team with the best-cooked dish. (Photo: Khanh Hoa – VNA)
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Thi Cam villagers hold traditional rice cooking contest

The rice cooking competition of Thi Cam village (Xuan Phuong ward, Hanoi), recognised as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage, is not only a test of skill and dexterity but also a symbol of community spirit, solidarity and gratitude to ancestors.

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