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Quan họ, ca trù, chèo, xẩm, hát văn, đờn ca tài tử and nhã nhạc, together with regional folk songs, form the mosaic of Vietnamese folk music.
An overview of traditional Vietnamese festivals: agricultural, religious, commemorative, and ethnic festivals. Classification, meaning, and cultural value.
Vietnamese folk belief includes ancestor worship, deity worship, Mother Goddess religion, agricultural beliefs, and rituals of many ethnic groups.
The Cham people (Chàm) speak a Malayo-Polynesian language and live mainly in Ninh Thuận, Bình Thuận and southern provinces, with the Katê festival.
Southern Vietnamese funerals in press accounts: nhập quan, phát tang, cúng vong, ritual music, động quan and hạ huyệt, and where sources cover one locality.
The worship of Ong Ta, a land-protecting deity in Southern Vietnam, comes from the Khmer Neak Ta and reflects Viet-Khmer cultural exchange.
A compilation of Vietnamese folk beliefs about facial moles in physiognomy, analyzing the meaning of each area and pointing out where folk variants disagree.
The Thần Tài prayer in Vietnamese folk tradition: origins, meaning, offerings, how to worship, and the full prayer, the first of the month and the full moon.
How to choose auspicious dates and times for weddings and groundbreaking in Vietnamese folk belief, with lunar calendar tips and simple rituals.
Vietnamese people rarely follow one religion; they layer ancestor worship, Thành hoàng, Mother Goddess, Hùng Vương and farming rites in daily life.
The Sóc day opens the lunar month. Vietnamese worship ancestors and deities for a smooth month, a custom rooted in yin-yang philosophy.
Phong tục in English is custom, tập quán is usage, and truyền thống is tradition. See how the three differ, plus a vocabulary table of Vietnamese customs.
Explore common Vietnamese folk taboos during pregnancy and postpartum, explaining their origins and modern scientific perspectives.
Vietnamese folk taboos for groundbreaking, construction and housewarming cover dates, directions and rituals, rooted in yin-yang and five elements.
Moles on the eyebrow carry meaning in folk physiognomy, often read as signs of luck and leadership. Position along the arch shapes the reading.
Moles on the earlobe in folk physiognomy: what a mole on the lobe, ear rim, or inside the ear canal is said to reveal about personality and fortune.
Chest moles in folk physiognomy: what a mole on the right or left chest, or near the heart, is said to mean for personality and love.
Cheekbone moles in folk physiognomy: what location, color, and shape suggest about personality, career, and love for men and women.
Discover the physiognomic meaning of moles on the right and left palm. This article analyzes folk beliefs about wealth, career, and destiny.
Comparing the kut rite of Korean mudang with Vietnamese hau dong: practitioners, clients, music, dress, and how both adapted to the market economy.
Moles on the lips and chin carry distinct meanings in folk physiognomy, where location, color, and size shape readings of charm, eloquence, and love.
Explore the meaning of Liuhe Mao - Tuat in Eastern culture: origin, characteristics, applications in love, career, and feng shui.
Tuổi mụ is the Vietnamese lunar way of counting age: current year minus birth year, plus one, and folk calculations use this number.
Folk belief holds that a funeral brings cold air affecting the living, so the sick stay away. Eastern medicine links this to yin-yang imbalance.
Explore the meaning of Thuy Dieu star in Nine Luminaries: characteristics, fortune for men and women, ritual practices, and key notes in folk belief.
Thai Bach is the most inauspicious star in Cuu Dieu, tied to loss and betrayal. A monthly ritual on the 15th lunar day, facing West with 8 lamps, may help.
Discover Moc Duc star, one of the three lucky stars in Nine Luminaries: its influence, worship ritual, best time, and notes for men and women.
Tho Tu is one of the 9 governing stars in Cuu Dieu, classified as a neutral star. This article analyzes its meaning, influence, and the ritual to appease it.
Vietnamese folk taboos for opening a business include choosing auspicious dates, avoiding the ghost month and holding opening rituals.
Fertility worship in Vietnam, or tín ngưỡng phồn thực, hopes for flourishing life and harvests. It appears in Linga–Yoni symbols and the Trò Trám festival.
Ghost Month in the 7th lunar month: its origins, common folk taboos, and the Buddhist view of Vu Lan as a season of gratitude and filial piety.
Explore the Sun Star (Thai Duong) in the Nine Luminaries: why it is considered auspicious, its impact on career and wealth, and the proper ritual to honor it.
Explore the La Hau star in the Nine Luminaries: characteristics, inauspicious meanings, ritual practices, and an objective view from folk beliefs.
A mole on the back of the neck points to a rich imagination and a strong inner life in folk physiognomy, and to a fate of ups and downs.
Learn about Ke Do star, one of the three malefic stars in the Nine Luminaries, its influence, remedies and folk beliefs.
Moles on the soles of the feet carry meaning in Eastern folk physiognomy, seen as signs of a restless spirit and a fate of travel.
Dream interpretation in Vietnamese folklore, from spiritual omens to how modern science explains dreams and the subconscious.
The Vietnamese ao dai evolved from the 17th century xiem canh sen garment through reforms under Lord Nguyen Phuc Khoat and King Minh Mang.
Explore the main rites of a traditional Vietnamese funeral, from encoffining and mourning attire to burial and the 49-day rites, and their cultural meaning.
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.
Nhật Nguyệt is the Sino-Vietnamese pair for sun and moon, symbolizing yin and yang, time, and the cosmos in East Asian culture.
Tết in Sài Gòn: the Nguyễn Huệ flower market from 1960 and flower street from 2004, the flower boats of Bình Đông wharf, and how families keep Tết.
Vietnam's traditional crafts include bronze casting, silk weaving, conical hats, incense, drums, pottery and folk paintings, tied to craft villages.
Vietnamese cultural history appears through village spirit worship, Thành hoàng veneration, the Mother Goddess religion and the Hán Nôm archive.
Thành Hoàng is the guardian deity believed to protect each Vietnamese village, worshipped at the communal đình. Its origins, deity types and royal decrees.
The Ngái are one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups, with a very small population living scattered across Quảng Ninh, Hải Phòng, Bắc Giang, Lạng Sơn and Cao Bằng.
Explore the cultural significance, rituals, and uniqueness of traditional boat racing festivals across Vietnam, from Kien Giang river to other regions.
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