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Vietnamese customs

Vietnamese offering rites, one by one: when each is held, for whom, what goes on the tray, the steps and what is avoided, as published sources describe them.

Culture and belief A record of custom.

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Everyday household rites

Cầu an, giải hạn (prayers for peace, rites to ward off misfortune)

By cultural region

By ethnic group

Village, temple, trade and ethnic rites (101)

First and fifteenth of the lunar month

Pagodas, communal houses, temples and shrines

Prayer texts for each riteKept word for word in Vietnamese, with an English summary.