Buffalo stabbing to celebrate new rice, celebrate the inauguration of communal house... is a joyful festival, typical of ethnic minority villages of Binh Dinh mountainous region, as well as the Central Highlands region with well-maintained customs. Here are some vivid pictures of the buffalo stabbing festival to celebrate the new communal house of the Ba Na people in K8 village (Vinh Son commune, Vinh Thanh district).

K8 communal house has just been inaugurated.

The buffalo was brought to the back by the strongest young men in the village.

The boys and girls in the village sang and danced around the buffalo all night.

The girls in the village prepare costumes for singing and dancing during the festival.

When the village elder announced the start of the buffalo stabbing ritual, the strongest man in the village opened the first knife.