Incense offering, flame presenting ceremony for the 8th Provincial Sports Festival

27/10/2018 15:52

(BNP) - In the morning of October 26th, at Do Temple (in Dinh Bang ward, Tu Son town), the Organizing Committee of the Provincial Sports Festival held the incense offering, sacred flame presenting ceremony for the 8th Bac Ninh Sports Festival in 2018’s opening ceremony.

Vice Chairman of Provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Phong presents the traditional, sacred flame to athlete Pham Sy Thu

Attending the ceremony were Mr. Nguyen Van Phong, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Steering Committee of the Provincial Sports Festival; Members of the Steering Committee, leader of Tu Son town and typical athletes of the province.

At the ceremony, the delegates paid tribute to the Kings of Ly dynasty on preparations for the 8th Provincial Sports Festival in 2018.

On behalf of the provincial leaders, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van Phong performed the flame presenting ceremony and handed over to athlete Pham Sy Thu, who won gold medals at Southeast Asian Wrestling Championship and the excellent individuals representing the high achievement athletes of Bac Ninh province. The typical athletes performed the procession of sacred flame to Bac Ninh city to light up the 8th Provincial Sports Festival in 2018.

Incense offering, flame presenting ceremony for the 8th Provincial Sports Festival is to express the traditional principle of “When drinking water, think of its source” to the generations who built and protected the country. It is also a chance to honor the traditional cultural revolutionary values of the land and people of Bac Ninh - Kinh Bac, educate the offspring to imitate, preserve and promote these values and strive to make the homeland more beautiful and civilized.

The opening ceremony of the 8th Provincial Sports Festival will be taken place on October 27th at 8 pm at the Kinh Bac Cultural Center Square.