Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customsThe Tày and Nùng buffalo celebration on 6/6 lunar honors the buffalo after transplanting and prays for healthy herds and a bountiful harvest.
Updated 22 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customsCo Tu weddings follow a strict process from the Ganoo proposal to the Zum ceremony, with buffalo dowries, lyrical chanting and communal dancing.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Zodiac animalsOx people are seen as steadfast, practical and reliable, though also stubborn, succeeding through persistence rather than talent.
Updated 13 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsDo Son buffalo fighting festival in Hai Phong: its origins, rituals and the modern controversies over commercialization, betting and accidents.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsThe New Rice Festival of the M'Nong in the Central Highlands thanks the heavens and the rice spirit, with a buffalo sacrifice at its heart.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsThe New Rice Festival is when the Xo Dang people of the Central Highlands thank the gods and spirits for a bountiful harvest.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communitiesThe Co Tu live in the Truong Son mountains of Quang Nam and Thua Thien Hue, speak a Mon-Khmer language, and hold buffalo sacrifice and reburial rites.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communitiesThe Xtieng speak a Mon-Khmer language and live mainly in Binh Phuoc. Their residence, language, worship customs, and main festivals are covered here.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsAn overview of traditional Vietnamese festivals: agricultural, religious, commemorative, and ethnic festivals. Classification, meaning, and cultural value.
Updated 10 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority beliefUNESCO recognized the Gong Culture Space of the Central Highlands in 2005. Gongs shape the spiritual life of the Ê Đê, Ba Na and Gia Rai.
Updated 27 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customsThe Rong house is the cultural and spiritual heart of Central Highlands villages, hosting rituals, dispute resolution, and production planning.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefThe Nho Dong rain praying ceremony of the Co Ho Cil people near Lang Biang Mountain asks Yang for favorable weather and abundant harvests.
Updated 7 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communitiesThe Co Ho live mainly in Lam Dong, speak a Mon-Khmer language, follow a matrilineal system and worship Yang and Cha spirits.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Dictionary › Stems, branches & zodiac animalsThe Sixty Jiazi is a cycle of 60 sexagenary combinations of Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches used to number years, months, days and hours.
Updated 12 Sept 2026Calendar and astronomy
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communitiesThe Ê Đê live mainly in Đắk Lắk, southern Gia Lai, western Phú Yên and Khánh Hòa, speak a Malayo-Polynesian language and follow matrilineal customs.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communitiesThe Mnong speak a Mon-Khmer language and live mainly in Dak Lak and Lam Dong, with matrilineal culture and buffalo sacrifice at the new rice festival.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communitiesThe O Du people speak a Mon-Khmer language and live mainly in Tuong Duong, Nghe An, known for the thunder welcoming festival and the house spirit cult.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsThe Roóng Poọc Festival of the Giáy people in Sa Pa is a spring plowing ritual with the Neu tree, nem con, tug of war and plowing contests.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customsWhich 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 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsKin 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 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communitiesThe Co live in northwestern Quang Ngai and southwestern Quang Nam, speak a Mon-Khmer language, and hold a buffalo sacrifice as their largest festival.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communitiesThe Gia Rai speak a Malayo-Polynesian language and live mainly in Gia Lai, Kon Tum and Dak Lak, with a matrilineal society that worships Yang spirits.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customsBa Na weddings in Gia Lai feature alternating residence between both families and a wedding night spent awake keeping the flame alive.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communitiesThe San Diu are one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups, speaking a Guangdong Chinese dialect in the northern midlands, with distinctive worship customs.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communitiesThe Hre live in western Quang Ngai and An Lao in Binh Dinh, speak a Mon-Khmer language and hold the buffalo sacrifice as their largest rite.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customsNào Pê Chầu, the Mông New Year, falls a month before Tết Nguyên Đán: sweeping the soot, the Xử Ka offering, the year-end meal and fetching new water.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communitiesThe Chu Ru are one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups, living in Lam Dong and Ninh Thuan and speaking a Malayo-Polynesian language.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communitiesThe Ro Mam people belong to the Mon-Khmer language group and live mainly in Kon Tum. Learn about their language, worship customs and main festivals.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal ritesVietnam's year of festivals and Tet occasions, from Lunar New Year and the first full moon to Mid-Autumn, plus ethnic Tet traditions.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communitiesThe Tay are Vietnam's largest ethnic minority. They live in northeastern valleys, speak a Tay-Thai language, worship ancestors, and hold long tong festivals.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsExplore the Lung Tung Festival of the Thai people in the Northwest: origins, the Nang Han ritual, agricultural significance, and festive activities.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communitiesComparing Lunar New Year of the Kinh, Chol Chnam Thmay of the Khmer, and ethnic groups with their own calendars: timing, offerings, rituals, and names.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communitiesThe Chut people of Vietnam include the May, Ruc, Sach, Arem and Ma Lieng subgroups, living mainly in the mountains of Quang Binh.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worshipThe Lo Lo people in Ha Giang hold an ancestor worship ceremony, a national intangible heritage, with the Ma Co dance in grass costumes as its highlight.
Updated 4 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customsVietnamese Lunar New Year customs: the Kitchen Gods send-off, New Year's Eve rites, first-footing, and lucky money, with the meaning behind each.
Updated 5 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communitiesThe Nung live mainly in Vietnam's northeastern provinces and speak a Tay-Thai language. Their customs center on ancestor worship and festivals.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communitiesThe Mong ethnic group (Meo, H'Mong) had 1,393,547 people in the 2019 census, including White, Flowered, Red, Black, and Green Mong subgroups.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communitiesThe Mang are one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups, living mainly in Lai Chau and speaking a Mon-Khmer language. Their worship customs and festivals are covered.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefThành Hoàng is the guardian deity believed to protect each Vietnamese village, worshipped at the communal đình. Its origins, deity types and royal decrees.
Updated 3 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communitiesThe Cho Ro live in Dong Nai's low mountains, speak a Mon-Khmer language, and hold a yearly rice spirit rite plus a forest spirit rite every three years.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customsDế Khù Chà, the rainy-season Tết of the Hà Nhì: soul-calling rites, glutinous rice cakes, swings and prayers for rain; each village picks its own day.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsHa Nam's Doi Son Tich Dien Festival runs from the 5th to the 7th day of the first lunar month, reenacting King Le Dai Hanh's 987 plowing ritual.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief