Kho me (sesame) cakes are made from glutinous flour, rice flour, granulated sugar, ginger, and sesame. The rice flour is mixed with the glutinous flour, then poured into a mould to be steamed and then dried. Next, the cakes are soaked in sugar or sesame. The ones that are soaked glutinous flour are...

Cam Ne Mat Village, which is 14 km to the south-west of Da Nang, belongs to Hoa Tien Commune, Hoa Vang District. Cam Ne mats were used in the royal palaces of the Nguyen Dynasty, and the artists from Cam Ne Village were honoured and rewarded by the kings.   According to the elders of this...

Quan The Am (Goddess of Mercy) Festival, a big Buddhist festival, is celebrated annually at the Marble Mountains. It was first organised in 1962 for the inauguration of the Avalokitecvara Buddhisattava (Goddess of Mercy) statue in Hoa Nghiem Cave on Thuy Son, one of the five Marble...

Ca Ong Festival, which is also called Whale Festival, has been for centuries the most important festival for the fishermen of Da Nang. The festival expresses the fishermen’s thanks to whales, respectfully called Grandfather Fish, and prays for a safe and profitable fishing season and a peaceful...

Located in Tuy Loan Village, Hoa Phong Commune, Hoa Vang District, this communal house was built in the late eighteenth century and rebuilt in the year of Mau Ty (1988). Like those in Nai Nam and Bo Ban, Tuy Loan Communal House is used to worship the village gods and the bygone...