New Rice Festival and Buffalo Sacrifice Ritual of the M'Nong People
The 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.
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Why is the buffalo sacrifice important in M'Nong festivals?
The sacrificial buffalo is the most sacred offering, connecting humans with the spirits. Its blood is offered to show reverence and seek blessings for the new season.
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Traditional wedding customs of the Cơ Tu people
Cơ Tu weddings follow a strict process from the Ganoo proposal to the Zum ceremony, with buffalo dowries, lyrical chanting and communal dancing.
The Xtieng People: Residence, Language, Worship Customs, and Main Festivals
The Xtieng speak a Mon-Khmer language and live mainly in Bình Phước. Their residence, language, worship customs, and main festivals are covered here.
Bảy Núi Buffalo Racing Festival: A Unique Agricultural Culture of the Khmer People in An Giang
Bảy Núi Buffalo Racing Festival, a national intangible heritage of the Khmer people in An Giang, held during Sene Dolta with buffalo pairs pulling harrows.
Đồ Sơn Buffalo Fighting Festival: Origins, Rituals and Modern Controversies
Đồ Sơn buffalo fighting festival in Hải Phòng: its origins, rituals and the modern controversies over commercialization, betting and accidents.
The thousand-year-old Đọi Tam drum village: Buffalo skin, jackfruit wood, and the sound of festival drums
Đọi Tam drum village in Hà Nam has made drums for over 1,000 years, using buffalo skin and jackfruit wood and an artisan's ear for sound.
Hue Royal Court Nha Nhac: The Music of the Nam Giao Sacrifice and Nguyen Dynasty Court Ceremonies, What the Ensemble Includes, and Why UNESCO Recognized It
Hue royal court Nha Nhac is the ceremonial music of the Nguyen dynasty, tied to the Nam Giao sacrifice and court rituals.
What is the meaning of the buffalo celebration on the 6th day of the 6th lunar month among the Tày and Nùng peoples?
The Tày and Nùng buffalo celebration on 6/6 lunar honors the buffalo after transplanting and prays for healthy herds and a bountiful harvest.
Bru - Vân Kiều People: Where They Live, Their Language, Worship Customs, and Main Festivals
The Bru - Vân Kiều people number 94,598 and live along the Trường Sơn range in Quảng Bình, Quảng Trị, and Thừa Thiên Huế.
Mnong People: Where They Live, Their Language, Worship Customs and Main Festivals
The Mnong speak a Mon-Khmer language and live mainly in Đắk Lắk and Lâm Đồng, with matrilineal culture and buffalo sacrifice at the new rice festival.
Co People: Where They Live, Their Language, Worship Customs and Main Festivals
The Co live in northwestern Quảng Ngãi and southwestern Quảng Nam, speak a Mon-Khmer language, and hold a buffalo sacrifice as their largest festival.
The Hre People: Where They Live, Their Language, Worship Customs and Main Festivals
The Hre live in western Quảng Ngãi and An Lão in Bình Định, speak a Mon-Khmer language and hold the buffalo sacrifice as their largest rite.
The Ma Ethnic Group: Where They Live, Their Language, Worship Customs and Main Festivals
The Ma live in Lâm Đồng and Đồng Nai, speak a Mon-Khmer language with no script, worship Yang spirits and hold a buffalo sacrifice after harvest.
The Co Tu People: Where They Live, Their Language, Worship Customs and Major Festivals
The Co Tu live in the Trường Sơn mountains of Quảng Nam and Thừa Thiên Huế, speak a Mon-Khmer language, and hold buffalo sacrifice and reburial rites.
The Tà Ôi People: Settlement, Language, Worship Customs and Main Festivals
The Tà Ôi live in western Quảng Trị and Thừa Thiên Huế, speak a Mon-Khmer language, and worship spirits with festivals tied to the swidden farming cycle.
What Is Phong Tục in English? Vocabulary for Vietnamese Customs
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.
The First-Foot Custom at Lunar New Year: Origins, How Old Vietnamese Chose the First Visitor, and How the Custom Is Changing
First-footing is an old Vietnamese Tet custom: the first person to enter a home after midnight is believed to carry the year's fortune.
The unique "courtship firewood" custom in Giẻ Triêng weddings
The Giẻ Triêng in Kon Tum have a custom where girls prepare 100 to 300 bundles of courtship firewood as dowry, a measure of character and skill.
The Unique Early Tet Custom of the Si La People
The Si La people in Lai Châu celebrate Tet early, timing it to the harvest and peach blossoms, with black pig rituals and double chung cakes.
The Betel and Areca Nut Custom - An Indispensable Offering in Vietnamese Weddings
Explore the cultural significance and role of betel and areca nut in Vietnamese wedding ceremonies, from legends to modern customs.
Thanh Minh Festival and the Distinctive Grave-Visiting Custom of the Vietnamese
Thanh Minh in Vietnam is mainly an occasion to remember ancestors by visiting graves, unlike China where spring outings also occur.
Worship of Bà Chúa Kho and the Year-Opening Custom of Borrowing Luck
Bà Chúa Kho of the Ly Dynasty, her legends, the year-opening custom of borrowing luck and the rituals at her temple in Bắc Ninh.
Borrowing an Age to Build a House: the Custom, and Where It Must Stop
What age-borrowing means before building a house in Vietnam, how the stand-in is chosen, the five customary steps, and why the symbolic sale is ritual only.
Chicken Feet Divination at Tet: The Custom of Predicting Crop Fortune Among Ethnic Minorities
Chicken feet divination at Tet and the new rice ceremony of ethnic minorities aims to predict fate and crops for the new year.
The Custom of Black Teeth Staining and Unique Cultural Traits of the Lu People
Explore the custom of black teeth staining, once a beauty standard of the Lu people in Lai Châu, along with other unique cultural values being preserved.
The Vietnamese Black Teeth Dyeing Custom: How It Was Done and When It Disappeared
Teeth blackening was once a Vietnamese beauty standard; how the dye was made in Huế, who practised it, and how it faded after 1907.
The Hmong 'Bride Pulling' Custom: Origins, Cultural Significance, and Adjustments to Preserve a Traditional Beauty
The Hmong 'kéo vợ' custom began to legitimize marriages facing family opposition, yet is often confused with kidnapping or child marriage.
The Gia Rai People: Residence, Language, Worship Customs and Main Festivals
The Gia Rai speak a Malayo-Polynesian language and live mainly in Gia Lai, Kon Tum and Đắk Lắk, with a matrilineal society that worships Yang spirits.
The Custom of "Father Must Stay Home Until Baby Is Named" of the Pu Péo People
Among the Pu Péo, a father stays home until his newborn is named, three days for girls and five for boys, to guard against evil spirits.
What Is the Year-Opening Bud-Picking Custom and Why Has It Shifted to Receiving Lộc?
Year-opening bud picking is the Vietnamese custom of taking a small green branch from a temple for luck. Today many ask for lộc or buy salt instead.
How does the first-visitor custom differ between the North, Huế and the South of Vietnam?
Xông đất, xông nhà and đạp đất are one new-year custom. Books on the North, Huế and the South differ on its name, lộc-picking and the vào khem wait.
The Cơ Ho People: Where They Live, Their Language, Worship Customs and Main Festivals
The Cơ Ho live mainly in Lâm Đồng, speak a Mon-Khmer language, follow a matrilineal system and worship Yang and Cha spirits.
The Hà Nhì custom of reading pig liver to predict fortune at the beginning of the year
The Hà Nhì read pig liver at the start of the year to predict fortune, harvest and health, a spiritual custom tied to farming life.
The "ngu mai" (communal sleeping) custom in courtship and marriage of the Tho people in Nghệ An
The "ngu mai" custom of the Tho people in Nghệ An lets young men and women talk overnight at festivals, strictly governed by customary law before marriage.
Should Thanh Minh Offerings Be Made at Home First or at the Grave First According to Custom?
Vietnam's Thanh Minh custom often means tending graves first, then offering to ancestors at home; this examines origins, sequence and exceptions in old texts.
When is a grave exhumed for reburial, and after how many years? Custom and what to know
Exhumation for reburial usually follows the end of mourning, often after three to five years; current rules require at least 36 months. What to know.
What is the grave-opening ceremony three days after burial? Offerings, southern Vietnamese custom and the Buddhist view
The grave-opening ceremony about three days after burial in southern Vietnam: the offerings, the folk meaning of chick, ladder and sugarcane, a Buddhist view.
What Is Bắc Ninh Quan Ho Folk Singing? Liền anh, liền chị and the Custom of Kết Chạ
Quan họ Bắc Ninh is call-and-response folk singing between liền anh and liền chị of twinned villages, inscribed by UNESCO in 2009.
The Rơ Măm People: Residence, Language, Worship Customs and Main Festivals
The Rơ Măm people belong to the Mon-Khmer language group and live mainly in Kon Tum. Learn about their language, worship customs and main festivals.
What Is Cưới Chạy Tang, Why the Rushed Wedding, and What Did People of the Past Think of This Custom?
Cưới chạy tang is a rushed wedding before the funeral announcement, squeezed into one or two days because mourning would force postponement.