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    The Vietnam Japan Buddhist cultural exchange festival is held at the Tam Chuc National Tourist Complex in Ninh Binh province from November 15 to 16. (Photo: VNA)

    Vietnam -Japan Buddhist cultural exchange festival held in Ninh Binh

    This year’s festival featured a variety of traditional Vietnamese and Japanese rituals and artistic activities, including sutra chanting at the Tam The Hall of Tam Chuc pagoda, Xam folk singing, flower-offering and Buddha recitation ceremonies (Pure Land Buddhism), sutra writing (Japanese Buddhist tradition), a lantern night, morning meditation sessions, and a Buddha offering ceremony at Ba Sao Pagoda.