Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communitiesThe Cham people (Chàm) speak a Malayo-Polynesian language and live mainly in Ninh Thuận, Bình Thuận and southern provinces, with the Katê festival.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority beliefThe Cham community follows three religious streams: Cham Bàlamôn, Cham Bàni and Cham Islam, each with its own festivals, from Katê to Ramưwan.
Updated 20 Jun 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefThe rain-praying festival of the Cham people in Binh Thuan is an ancient agricultural ritual held after Cham New Year, seeking blessings for good weather.
Updated 13 Jun 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customsCham weddings in Southern Vietnam follow Islam through proposal and days of ceremony, with matchmakers, betel offerings, bride price and Quran recitation.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional craftsCham Bau Truc pottery, a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage, is known for open-air firing and mold-free shaping. Here are its origins and conservation.
Updated 30 Jun 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority beliefRamưwan, the month of fasting and prayer of the Chăm Bà Ni: grave visiting, ancestral offerings and the retreat of the dignitaries at the mosque.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsRija Nagar is the main new year rite of the Brahmanist Chăm: a prayer for good rain and harvest and a sending off of the misfortunes of the old year.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsThe Kate Festival is the Cham Brahmin New Year in Ninh Thuan, held in the 7th Cham month to honor deities, kings and ancestors.
Updated 17 Jun 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional craftsMy Nghiep village in Ninh Thuan keeps the Cham brocade weaving craft alive, tied to the legend of Goddess Po Nagar and its heritage today.
Updated 29 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal ritesRamưwan is the traditional New Year of the Cham Bàni community in Ninh Thuận, a month of grave visiting, ancestral offerings and fasting.
Updated 22 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsThe Khai Ha festival is the largest folk festival of the Muong people in Hoa Binh, held in the first lunar month to pray for good harvests.
Updated 19 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyBinh Dia Moc is the Na Am for Mau Tuat and Ky Hoi years, a Wood element. The article covers its traits, feng shui meaning, colors and uses.
Updated 11 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresExplore the journey from the Cham goddess Po Inư Nagar to Thien Y A Na in Vietnamese belief, through the lens of the Po Nagar Tower festival in Nha Trang.
Updated 15 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresChua Thac Bo in Hoa Binh honours two female generals from the Le Loi era who ferried provisions across the Da River for his army.
Updated 25 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › PsychologyJapan's 1966 Bính Ngọ year saw births fall about 15% on a belief that girls born then harmed husbands. Vietnam's 2026 data gap remains.
Updated 27 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsCo Le Pagoda Festival (Ong Festival) in Ninh Binh runs from the 13th to the 16th of the ninth lunar month, with processions and a boat race by five clans.
Updated 27 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyMieu, Vuong, Dac, Binh and Ham are the five brightness levels of a star in Tu Vi, and they explain why the same star reads oppositely in different palaces.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyPhục Binh is a yin minor star ruling ambush, scheming, and hidden rivalry. This piece explains its cát hung meanings and how to interpret it.
Updated 3 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram Zhen (number 51) in the I Ching stacks thunder upon thunder, covering sudden shock and six ways to respond to upheaval with a calm mind.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresTrang Trinh Nguyen Binh Khiem was a 16th century cultural celebrity. His temple in Vinh Bao, Hai Phong, is a special national relic.
Updated 4 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefSpirit chronicles and imperial edicts show how villages and the state shaped the Thanh Hoang, and why Southern communal houses worship other origins too.
Updated 28 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Tam ThứcTam Thức covers Thái Ất, Lục Nhâm and Kỳ Môn. This piece traces how it reached Vietnam and asks what is history and what is legend around Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Tam ThứcIn Kỳ Môn Độn Giáp, Tam Kỳ are Ất, Bính, Đinh, while Lục Nghi are Mậu, Kỷ, Canh, Tân, Nhâm, Quý. Each of the six Giáp hides under one Lục Nghi stem.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefThree early 20th century recorders found fortune telling, day selection and mediumship widespread in northern Vietnam, each seeing them differently.
Updated 28 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsKeo Hanh Thien Pagoda Festival in Ninh Binh falls in mid-Ninth lunar month, honoring Zen Master Duong Khong Lo with boat racing and folk games.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 30 Thuần Ly in the I Ching explores clinging and illuminating. It covers the structure, judgment, six line texts, and the image.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHeavenly Stem Bing in the I Ching is Yang Fire, tied to the Li hexagram and the sun, with traits like openness, wisdom, and a risk of impatience.
Updated 15 Jun 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsThe Katê Festival in Ninh Thuận centers on the ceremony of receiving Goddess Pô Nưgar's attire, kept by the Raglai and brought down to the Chăm.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiThe Hue Imperial City sits on the north bank of the Perfume River, using Ngu Binh Mountain as its front screen and Hen and Da Vien islets as its flanks.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › Western astrologyLibra (Sep 23 - Oct 22) is a Cardinal Air sign ruled by Venus. Libras value fairness, harmony and beauty, and pair best with Gemini, Aquarius and Leo.
Updated 6 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › Western astrologyAquarius, the Fixed Air sign from Jan 20 to Feb 18, ruled by Uranus, is independent and inventive. Its love life, career fit and best matches are covered.
Updated 6 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiBing mountain direction sits in the Li trigram and belongs to the Fire element in the 24 mountain directions of feng shui.
Updated 15 Jun 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnamese commemorative daysVietnamese War Invalids and Martyrs Day on July 27 began in 1947 in Thai Nguyen as National War Invalids Day and was renamed in 1955.
Updated 15 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › AstrologyVenus rules Libra, shaping its need for love, harmony, beauty and justice, and explaining both its romantic, diplomatic side and its indecision.
Updated 13 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsDiscover the meaning, rituals, and sacred moments of the Seal Opening Ceremony at Tran Temple in Nam Dinh, a beautiful cultural tradition of early spring.
Updated 5 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › Feng shui stonesAquarius birthstones for Jan 20 to Feb 18, their meanings, and how to choose stones by the five elements for luck and energy balance.
Updated 26 Jun 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › Feng shui stonesDiscover feng shui crystals suitable for Libra, the meaning of each type, and how to choose them based on the five elements to enhance positive energy.
Updated 23 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › AstrologyAquarius and Uranus in astrology: how this modern ruling planet shapes the sign's visionary, freedom-loving nature and its urge to break with old norms.
Updated 23 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 57 Thuần Tốn in the I Ching: wind over wind, the Judgment, the Image, and the six line texts with interpretation.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsThe Yen Tu Festival honours Emperor-Buddha Tran Nhan Tong, founder of the Truc Lam Zen sect, with its rituals and spiritual meaning.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresThe Nguyen Trung Truc Memorial Festival in Kien Giang runs each year from the 26th to 28th of the 8th lunar month, honoring the hero who died in 1868.
Updated 1 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal ritesThe Cold Food Festival on the 3rd day of the 3rd lunar month became a Vietnamese day for offering bánh trôi and bánh chay to ancestors.
Updated 9 Aug 2026Culture and belief
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