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22nd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Drone/Aerial
Carrying the Sun.

United with one heart. Renowned as one of a kind festival in outskirt of Hanoi,Vietnam,and held just once every 4 years only. The people of Van village held a mud ball wrestling festival on the day of the Saints's death. In addition to a spiritual elementof honouring The Tam Giang Saints' Victory over the black demons,the festival is also associated with worshipping the sun god,a sacred symbol of a rice-growing civilization...the symbol of the power of solidarity.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 09.2022
Date Uploaded: 12.2024
Photo Location: Bac Giac province,Hanoi,Vietnam, Vietnam
Camera: L1D-20c
Copyright: © Cuong Nguyen