Then Kin Pang Festival - Honoring Then Masters of the Thai People in Lai Châu
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.
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Do spiritual believers 'see' more: the face-in-noise experiment and the lenient response threshold
Experiments show mystical believers report seeing faces in ambiguous images more often, yet their visual sensitivity is unchanged.
What is the Then practice of the Tày, Nùng and Thái peoples: Then masters, cầu an and giải hạn ceremonies, and the đàn tính lute according to the UNESCO dossier
Under Vietnam's 2019 UNESCO dossier, Then is a Tày, Nùng and Thái ritual led by Then masters, with cầu an and giải hạn rites, songs and the đàn tính lute.
Saying you don't believe yet still observing taboos: why 'abstaining brings good fortune' persists even among the highly educated
Many people know a taboo has no scientific basis yet still follow it. Psychology calls this acquiescence, a mechanism that reconciles intuition and reason.
Do People Turn to Divination More When They Feel Anxious? Research on Stress, Control and Ritual
Anxiety and ritual seeking track together in observational data, but experiments that induced lost control have not replicated.
Fire Jumping Festival - Sacred Shamanic Ritual of the Pà Thẻn People
The Fire Jumping Festival of the Pà Thẻn people is a sacred shamanic ritual seeking the fire god's protection, with barefoot jumps on glowing embers.
The Kin Pang Then Festival of the White Thai: An Early-Spring Rite of Then Practitioners
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.
Tày Beliefs and Festivals: Then Singing, the Tính Lute, and the Lồng Tồng Festival
The Tày of Cao Bằng, Lạng Sơn and Tuyên Quang keep Then singing, the tính lute, and the Lồng Tồng festival, a heritage UNESCO inscribed in 2019.
The Pà Thẻn People: Residence, Language, Worship Customs, and Main Festivals
The Pà Thẻn live in Hà Giang and Tuyên Quang and speak a Hmông-Dao language. Their customs include ancestor worship and the new rice ceremony.
Does the 2026 Bính Ngọ Year Make People Avoid Having Children: Lessons from Japan in 1966
Japan'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.
How Do Belief and Superstition Differ Under Vietnamese Law?
Vietnam's 2016 Law on Belief and Religion separates protected belief from banned superstition, with fines and criminal penalties.
What Beliefs Do Vietnamese People Follow? A Map of Major Folk Beliefs and How They Differ from Religion
Vietnamese people rarely follow one religion; they layer ancestor worship, Thành hoàng, Mother Goddess, Hùng Vương and farming rites in daily life.
What Does Vietnamese Folk Belief Encompass?
Vietnamese folk belief includes ancestor worship, deity worship, Mother Goddess religion, agricultural beliefs, and rituals of many ethnic groups.
Do Highly Educated People Believe Less in Fortune Telling? Intuitive Thinking, Analytical Thinking, and Paranormal Belief
Higher education goes with lower belief in fortune telling, but the correlation is modest and mostly runs through thinking style rather than through degrees.
Belief, Superstition, and Pseudoscience Are Three Different Things, but They Are Often Lumped Together
Folk belief, harmful superstition and pseudoscience differ in nature. Definitions and examples show how to tell cultural faith from fraud.
How Psychologists Measure Spiritual Belief: The Paranormal Belief Scale and Surveys Since 1936
Psychologists use the Paranormal Belief Scale by Tobacyk and Milford, revised in 2004, with 26 items across seven subscales.
Do Directors Aged 49 to 53 Invest Less? The Tuoi Han Belief and Business Decisions in Vietnamese Firms
A 2024 study of Vietnamese firms links lower fixed asset investment to directors aged 49 to 53, the tuoi han years. The effect is larger in small firms.
Is Mother Goddess Worship a Folk Belief or a Religion? The Debate Among Researchers and the Definition in Vietnam's 2016 Law on Belief and Religion
Vietnam's 2016 Law on Belief and Religion separates belief from religion, yet researchers still debate whether Mother Goddess Worship is a religion.
How Much Is a Pretty License Plate Worth: Plate Auctions and the Value of Belief in Numbers
Hồng Kông license plate auction data shows number 8 sells higher and number 4 lower. That price gap measures belief and status signaling, not luck.
Personality Traits of People Born in the Year of the Tiger According to Folk Beliefs
In folk belief, Tiger people are brave, competitive and impulsive, yet generous and straightforward. What tradition says about their work, money and love.
Personality Traits of People Born in the Year of the Goat According to Folk Beliefs
In folk belief, Goat people are calm, creative and emotional, with a strong aesthetic sense, and also shy, peace-loving and quietly resilient.
Worship in Southern Vietnam: Forms of Belief, Origins, and Characteristics of a New Land
Southern Vietnam worship spans Thành hoàng, Bà Chúa Xứ, Mẫu, whale and ancestor veneration. Its origins, cultural fusion and modern shifts are examined.
No Scientific Basis Does Not Mean Worthless: Reading Folk Belief as Cultural Heritage Rather Than as a Truth Claim
Folk belief is not science, but that does not make it worthless. The right way to read it is as cultural heritage, a symbolic language of community.
When a tarot reading 'works': the cards or the sitter's belief? What the research says
Two small studies disagree on whether paranormal belief makes sitters rate a tarot reading as more accurate. The evidence stays thin and unreplicated.
Personality Traits of People Born in the Year of the Dog According to Folk Beliefs
How folk belief describes Dog people: loyal, straightforward and justice-seeking, but also stubborn and quick-tempered, plus work, love and matching signs.
Personality Traits of People Born in the Year of the Rat According to Folk Beliefs
In folk belief, people born in the Year of the Rat are described as intelligent, agile, and skillful in communication, yet also cunning and cautious.
Personality Traits of People Born in the Year of the Horse According to Folk Beliefs
People born in the Year of the Horse are seen as free, enthusiastic and dynamic. This folk portrait covers their intelligence, generosity and impulsiveness.
Personality Traits of People Born in the Year of the Cat (Mao) According to Folk Beliefs
People born in the Year of the Cat are seen as refined, clever and adaptable, yet deep down sensitive, cautious and sometimes indecisive.
Personality Traits of People Born in the Year of the Monkey According to Folk Beliefs
In folk belief, people born in the Year of the Monkey are described as intelligent, flexible and skilled in communication, yet also cunning and unpredictable.
Personality Traits of People Born in the Year of the Ox According to Folk Beliefs
Ox people are seen as steadfast, practical and reliable, though also stubborn, succeeding through persistence rather than talent.
The Legend of Sacred Forests in the Beliefs of the Pu Péo People
Explore the sacred forest beliefs of the Pu Péo, an ethnic minority in Hà Giang, to understand their culture, customs, and unique relationship with nature.
The Cúng Mụ Rite and the Belief in the 12 Midwife Goddesses
Explore the origin and role of the 12 Bà Mụ in Vietnamese folk belief, female deities believed to shape a newborn's body and bestow blessings.
Do Children Born in an 'Auspicious' Year Study Better? When Parents' Beliefs Make the Prediction Come True
Studies in mainland China, Taiwan, Hồng Kông and Asian-American communities find Dragon-year children score slightly higher.
Personality Traits of People Born in the Year of the Dragon According to Folk Beliefs
Explore the personality of Dragon people through folk wisdom: strong, authoritative, ambitious, generous, yet also hot-tempered and arrogant.
Personality Traits of People Born in the Year of the Snake According to Folk Beliefs
Explore the personality of Snake people: their wisdom, mystery, astonishing patience, and strategic thinking in Eastern folk beliefs.
Personality Traits of People Born in the Year of the Pig According to Folk Beliefs
Pig zodiac personalities in folk belief: honest, sincere and generous, but sometimes too trusting, resistant to change and vulnerable in love.
Does the Year of the Dragon Increase Births in Vietnam? Zodiac Belief and Its Traces in Birth Data
Zodiac beliefs may shape birth numbers in Vietnam and East Asia, with larger cohorts in good years and Dragon and Tiger year shifts.
Personality Traits of People Born in the Year of the Rooster According to Folk Beliefs
Rooster people in folk belief are loyal, organized and disciplined, but also proud and frank, which can strain work and love.
Beliefs and Rituals of the Ê Đê People
The Ê Đê of Đắk Lắk follow a matrilineal system and worship the Yang spirits. Their grave-abandonment rite sends the dead to the ancestors.
Left or Right Eye Twitching: What Does Folk Belief Say It Signals?
What folk belief says a twitching left or right eye signals: Phan Kế Bính's "máy mắt, có sự", and an old Chinese table of left and right by the hour.
H'Mông Beliefs and Festivals: Animism, Khèn Masters, and the Gầu Tào Festival
H'Mông (Mông) animist beliefs in highland Vietnam, where khèn masters guide souls in funeral rites and the Gầu Tào festival honours children.
How Having a Dragon Year Baby Affects the Mother: Zodiac Belief as a Natural Experiment in Economics
Economists use Dragon year birth timing to measure how a first child affects mothers' employment, and what that timing reveals about ethnic identity.
Cầu Ngư Festival: The Whale Worship Belief of Central Vietnam Fishermen
Cầu Ngư festival honors the Whale God in central Vietnam, with fishermen praying for safe seas and good catches through rituals that bind the community.
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.