Rites of passage is one of the unique rituals and handed down for thousands centuries of Red Dao ethnic community in Sapa (Lao Cai). In the framework of the annual Festival on the clouds, in Ta Van Commune, Sa Pa District this unique tradition has been replayed.

According to the conception of the Dao, rites of passage is a unique ceremony which has been handed down in the Red Dao Ethnic in Lao Cai for thousands centuries. The Dao acknowledge the Rites of Passage as an indispensable procedure for men. Only those who have been taken part in the Rites of Passage can be considered as mature men.

During the welcoming ceremony at the village gate, wizard(shaman) is wearing a red string of Red Dao people


Trumpeter and worship drum are two dispensable sounds in honous granting ceremony


The young men asking for being granted knight will get dressed traditional costume of Red Dao. They pay special attention to correcting the bonnet on the head because according to the concept, that’s place where deities reside in every person granted knight


Hang painting of gods of Ban Vuong to prepare for honous ceremony


Prayers of luck are packed and burnt after honous ceremony 


A ritual in honous ceremony


At her husband’s honous ceremony, the woman must cover all her head in red bonnet


Young men are granted knight by Wizard and officially considered as mature man  


Men granted knight by wizard actually become mature men from now on


After receiving knight, they come back home to inform Ban Vuong about completion of knight 

According to electronic press of Communist Party of Viet Nam