Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Mường Lò Cultural and Tourism Festival 2026 runs 1 to 7 October in Lào Cai, opening 20:00 on 2 October and marking five years of UNESCO-listed Thai Xoe.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional performing arts Xoe Thai is the signature folk dance of the Thai people in Vietnam's Northwest, built on six ancient Xoe dances and inscribed by UNESCO in 2021.
Updated 23 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communities Vietnam's Thai ethnic group includes the Black and White branches, speaks the Tay-Thai language, lives in ban-muong villages, and worships ancestors.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Explore the rain praying festival of the Thai people in Northwest Vietnam: origins, rituals, spiritual meanings, and its role in agricultural community life.
Updated 8 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Explore the Lùng Tùng Festival of the Thai people in the Northwest: origins, the Nàng Han ritual, agricultural significance, and festive activities.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The Then Kin Pang Festival of the Thai people in Lai Châu honors Then masters and features solemn rituals plus folk games, held since 2000.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle rites The Áp Hô Pang hair washing ritual of the White Thai in Quỳnh Nhai, Sơn La, tied to the Nàng Han legend, cleanses the old year and welcomes new fortune.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures Nàng Han, the White Thai heroine who disguised herself as a man to lead 16 Thai regions against invaders, is honored in a festival each lunar year.
Updated 14 Jun 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal rites The Xíp Xí Tet of the White Thai people in Vietnam's Northwest is a festival for children, with rituals to worship spirits and ward off disease.
Updated 13 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Kin Pang Then is the early-spring rite of the White Thái, led by Then masters to thank the spirits and their disciples; it is held in Mường Lay, Điện Biên.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Explore the Điện Biên Ban Flower Festival, a unique cultural event recreating traditional rituals of Northwest ethnic groups like Thai, Mong, Dao, and Hà Nhì.
Updated 23 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communities The Khang people speak a Mon-Khmer language and live mainly in Lai Châu and Sơn La. Their worship customs and main festivals are covered here.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Spring festivals after Tết: ném còn, đẩy gậy and swings among the peoples of Lai Châu, and the pháo đất game of Hải Dương, with rules and meaning.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communities The Khơ Mú speak a Mon-Khmer language and live in Yên Bái, Sơn La, Lai Châu, Thanh Hóa and Nghệ An, worshipping five spirits.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Lồng Tồng, the Tay people's first plowing festival of spring, features rites to the Agriculture God and folk games wishing for a good year.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communities The Giay live mainly in Lào Cai, Hà Giang and Lai Châu, speak a Thai-Kadai language, and keep an altar with three incense bowls.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communities The Phù Lá people include the Phù Lá Lão, Phù Lá Đen and Phù Lá Hán groups, living in Hà Giang, Lào Cai, Yên Bái and Lai Châu.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customs Which peoples in Vietnam keep their own New Year apart from Tết Nguyên Đán? The Mông, Hà Nhì, Khmer, Chăm and others, as reported in the press.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The National Mong Ethnic Culture Festival rotates among provinces with large Mong populations. Its 4th edition is in Điện Biên in October 2026.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communities The La Hủ live mainly in Mường Tè, Lai Châu, and speak a Tibeto-Burman language. Their ancestor worship and main festivals are described here.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Physiognomy A practical guide to reading the Five Features in Eastern physiognomy: how to observe each feature, pair them in correlation, and avoid one-sided conclusions.
Updated 12 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Physiognomy In Eastern physiognomy the eyes are the Giám Sát Quan, and spirit matters more than shape. Bright, clear eyes point to a clear mind and good fortune.
Updated 26 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communities The Bo Y ethnic group includes the Bo Y and Tu Dí subgroups in Hà Giang and Lào Cai, with two language families and distinct worship and festival customs.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Thai Phụ and Phong Cáo in Vietnamese Tử Vi: placement by birth hour or from Văn Khúc gives one result, with meanings as each book records them.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Tam Thai and Bát Tọa are a pair of tap tinh governing rank and recognition. See how they are placed from Ta Phu and Hữu Bật by birth date.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
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