Ancestral worship of the Lo Lo

The ancestral cult of the Luo people in the village of Lũng Cú, Dong Wan District, Hajiang Province is an intangible cultural heritage of social and religious practices, which was placed on the National Intangible Cultural Heritage List by the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism in 2012. This is a traditional Lo Lo Lo ritual, usually held annually on July 14 (Celebration) in the families of their elders. 

Ancestral worship is one of the activities of the life-cycle rituals of the Lo Lo people, which involves community education oriented to the roots, gratitude to the ancestors, education of the ethics of drinking water remembrance, creating a connection between family, family, village, ... This is a sacred ceremony, full of the art of the Lo Lo people themselves.

Today, this unique ancestral ritual is still traditionally maintained and regularly practiced by the Luo people. In order to preserve and promote heritage values, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Hajiang Province has coordinated with departments, functional departments, local government and the people of Lo Lo Chải village, Lũng Cú commune, Tuyên Quang Province to document the ancestral worship of the Lo Lo people.