Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Wild sunflowers bloom on Chư Đang Ya volcano in Gia Lai from mid-October to November, tied to a festival week and the culture of the local Jrai people.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle rites The Pơ Thi grave-leaving ceremony of the Gia Rai marks the end of the bond between the living and the dead, with tomb-house statues rich in culture.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The 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 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Rija Nâgar 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 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › Astrology Jyotish, Indian astrology, uses the nine Navagraha, 27 Nakshatras and the sidereal zodiac, unlike Western astrology in reference frame and chart layout.
Updated 26 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communities The Gia Rai speak a Malayo-Polynesian language and live mainly in Gia Lai, Kon Tum and Đắk Lắk, with a matrilineal society that worships Yang spirits.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief How anthropology compares asking the gods via poe blocks, divination lots, and omikuji in Taiwan, Japan, and Vietnam, noting gaps in the evidence.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Saju Saju is Korea's Four Pillars astrology, rooted in Chinese Bazi but with its own interpretive tradition, still used for marriage and career choices.
Updated 7 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
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