Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best answer to each of the following Câus.
(I) Embracing cultural values through festivals is an important way of staying connected with one community as well as its history and traditions, and a well-known Katê Festival of the Chăm people in Vietnam is an example to prove so.
(II) The Katê Festival, also known as Mbăng Katê, is the biggest yearly festival for the Chăm people in Vietnam. It is a special time of year when they honour important figures in their history and the dead in their families. The Katê Festival takes place on the first day of the seventh month in the Chăm calendar, usually in September or October. (III) It lasts for three days and takes place around three important ancient structures in Ninh Thuận Province: the Po Klong Yăgrai Tower, the Po Rômê Tower, and the Po Inư Nagar Temple. All of these places are very important to Chăm culture and history.
(IV) On the morning of the first day, Chăm families take part in processions as they travel to the towers and temple, bringing gifts of fruit, meat, and rice. In a special ceremony, the Chăm people receive the costumes of the Goddess Po Nagar from the Raglai people, a cultural group with close connections to Chăm culture. The Chăm carry the costumes to the temple to celebrate Po Nagar, then they open the gates. Inside the temple, they start bathing the statues of important figures and watching sacred dances. After those performances, people enjoy lively parties until the evening of the festival's second day.
On the last day, people make special offerings to their gods at community houses in their villages and pray for luck and good health for the coming year. Once this is over, there are traditional music performances, and then people do fun activities like playing football and participating in weaving competitions.
The Katê Festival is a popular celebration of the Chăm people’s traditional culture and beliefs. It is not only an important event in the Chăm calendar but also a symbol of the Chăm community’s unity and rich cultural heritage.
(Adapted from: Tiếng Anh 12 – Bright)
