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What other names does the La Chí ethnic group have?

The self-designation of the La Chí ethnic group is Cù Tê. Other names commonly encountered include Thổ Đen, Mán, Xá, and in the Government's list of names, La Ti and Mán Chí are also recorded. These names come from the way neighbouring groups refer to them or from administrative classification over different periods.

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From the article “The La Chí People: Settlement, Language, Worship Customs and Main Festivals”

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Wedding Customs of the Thai People (Sơn La)

The wedding customs of the Black Thai in Sơn La include free courtship, a trial groom service, and the Tằng cẩu hair-bunning rite.

Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
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Thái Bạch Star in Cửu Diệu: Meaning in Folk Belief

Thái Bạch is the most inauspicious star in Cửu Diệu, tied to loss and betrayal. A monthly ritual on the 15th lunar day, facing West with 8 lamps, may help.

Updated 17 Jul 2026Traditional systems
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Thái Hòa

Vietnamese film actor, known for lead roles in the film 'Anh Hùng' and many other cinematic works.

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Đặng Thái Sơn

Classical pianist, the first Asian artist to win First Prize at the International Chopin Piano Competition (1980)

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Lý Thái Tổ

Founding king of the Lý dynasty, the person who decided to move the capital from Hoa Lư to Thăng Long in 1010

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Types of Vietnamese offering rites

155 types of Vietnamese offering rites in 15 groups, from ancestor and death-anniversary rites, Tết and the festivals of the year to funerals, communal houses and temples, and the rites of ethnic communities; each with alternative names, timing, recipients, a short description, classification axes (cycle, social setting, beings worshipped, tradition, ethnic group, cultural region), a structured date and sourced passages on its customs. It is the key table for Nhật Nguyệt's datasets on offering prayers and rite customs.

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Vietnamese offering procedures

407 rows of offering procedures: each row is how one rite is performed in one region within one tradition, with timing, place of offering, officiant, offerings with catalogue codes, order of steps, things to avoid and practical notes, plus the addresses of the source pages or the titles of source books. Where sources disagree is recorded in the ghi_chu column.

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Vietnamese offering prayers (văn cúng)

456 prayers, orations, petitions and repentance verses in use, in print and online in Vietnam, one text per row with its rite type, part of the rite, region, tradition, text family, variants and fill-in slots. The wording is kept in Vietnamese as the source gives it; 348 texts carry the name and address of the source page, 108 are collected texts whose source is not named.

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