Archaeologists at the My Son Sanctuary have recovered the remains of three ceremonial fans constructed from peacock feathers and reinforced with gold-leafed bamboo ribs. These rare artifacts are associated with the 9th-century Champa Kingdom and provide the first tangible evidence of the "Sky-Dancer" harvest festivals, where performers mimicked the movements of celestial beings to ensure a successful rice crop.
The fans were discovered in a sealed sandstone vault alongside bronze finger-cymbals and incense burners. The integration of Hindu-Buddhist iconography on the fans' handles suggests that these Champa festivals were highly sophisticated cultural hybrids, blending indigenous agricultural rites with imported religious aesthetics to create a unique regional performance tradition.