UNESCO's own Multimedia Archives record for the 10-minute documentary "Worship of Hung Kings in Phu Tho," directed by Hoang Son (2011) and produced by the Center for the Data Bank of Cultural Heritage and the Vietnam Institute of Culture and Arts Studies. Filed as part of UNESCO's own nomination record for the element's 2012 inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The archive's own synopsis: "Annually, millions of people converge on the Hung temple at Nghia Linh mountain in Phu Tho province to commemorate their ancestors and pray for good weather, abundant harvests, good luck and good health," with the largest ceremony, the Ancestral Anniversary Festival of the Hung Kings, held over about one week at the start of the third lunar month.
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Citation
PublisherUNESCO (Multimedia Archives)
URLhttps://www.unesco.org/archives/multimedia/document-3768
Source Typeinstitutional record
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
UNESCO's own official Multimedia Archives, filed with the intangible cultural heritage nomination record, naming the worship of the Hung Kings outright as the film's subject. Claims Backed By This Source (12 claims)
This source backs 12 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Screen Works, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
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