The new rice ceremony is celebrated by the ma and Co Ho minorities to pray for good weather and to prevent wild animals from destroying their crops. The festival which nearly coincides with the lunar New Year of the Viet people is held in B'Lao, Bao Loc. The Ma and Co Ho worship the new rice to ensure their offspring are aware of the importance of the rice. The offerings for the ceremony include new sweet-smelling rice, a cock, a castrated hog and other wild animals, and a pot-belied jar of wine that is drunk out of the jar through bamboo straws.
 

The Buffalo festival of the Co Ho ethnic group is usually held after one harvest to prepare for the next. During the festival the Co Ho people kill a buffalo and play numerous kinds of traditional musical instruments. Sitting around the kitchen fire with a wine urn, the village patriarchs tell the younger generations stories about various historical events, recite poems and sing popular songs explaining their origins.
 

The people of the Ma ethnic group believe in the spirit of the Sun, River, Mountain and Fire. The ceremony of the Ma ethnic group to worship the Source Spirit incorporates folk beliefs.
 

The largest ceremony of the Chu Ru ethnic group usually takes place in the 2nd lunar month. This ceremony is closely connected to agricultural rituals fro the Water Spirit, the rice paddies and the new rice.