Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The 12th Tam Giac Mach Flower Festival opens on 6 November 2026 in Đồng Văn, Tuyên Quang, with blooms from October to December.
Updated 25 Sept 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 › Ethnic minority belief 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.
Updated 1 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 › Ethnic minority belief UNESCO 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 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Regions Lồng Tồng of the Tày, highland first-furrow festivals, and the Kinh tịch điền rite compared: who organizes each and how the core rite differs.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional food Ruou can in the festival life of the E De and other Central Highlands groups: an offering to deities and a bond of community solidarity.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Wild sunflowers bloom on Chư Đang Ya volcano in Gia Lai from mid-October to November, tied to a festival week and the culture of the local Jrai people.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief 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.
Updated 24 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Regions Northwest Vietnam culture covers ethnic communities, harvest rituals, seasonal festivals and crafts like weaving, embroidery, forging and silver carving.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Regions Whale worship and the Cầu Ngư festival form the spiritual core of South Central Coast fishing villages, tied to the sea and fishermen's beliefs.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Regions Four traditional Vietnamese house types compared: the northern three-bay house, Hue rường house, Central Highlands rông house and Northwest stilt house.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Regions Tây Nguyên culture centres on the gong space, the rông house and the matrilineal system. The article analyses their origins and how they are changing today.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customs The Rong house is the cultural and spiritual heart of Central Highlands villages, hosting rituals, dispute resolution, and production planning.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief The Nho Dong rain praying ceremony of the Cơ Ho Cil people near Lang Biang Mountain asks Yang for favorable weather and abundant harvests.
Updated 7 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communities 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.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional dress The traditional costumes of the Lô Lô people in Hà Giang are a brocade masterpiece, with hand embroidery and vivid colors on pants, shirts, scarves and hats.
Updated 26 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communities The 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 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional food An overview of Vietnamese traditional cuisine by region: Tet dishes, ancestral trays, festivals, vegetarian food and local specialties, with cultural context.
Updated 10 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customs The Ede longhouse reflects matriarchy in its structure and carvings, and stands as a cultural symbol of the Central Highlands.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief The rain-praying ceremony of the E De people in Buôn Ma Thuột asks the spirits for favorable weather, led by a village elder or shaman.
Updated 15 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
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 › 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 › Vietnam's ethnic communities The Ra Glai live in south-central Vietnam, speak a Malayo-Polynesian language, and hold farming rituals and worship customs.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The Katê Festival in Ninh Thuận centers on the ceremony of receiving Goddess Pô Nưgar's attire, kept by the Raglai and brought down to the Chăm.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customs Chicken feet divination at Tet and the new rice ceremony of ethnic minorities aims to predict fate and crops for the new year.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communities The Ba Na live in Gia Lai, Kon Tum and western Bình Định, Phú Yên and Khánh Hoà, speak a Mon-Khmer language and keep many community festivals.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals 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.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communities The Cơ Ho live mainly in Lâm Đồng, speak a Mon-Khmer language, follow a matrilineal system and worship Yang and Cha spirits.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority belief H'Mông (Mông) animist beliefs in highland Vietnam, where khèn masters guide souls in funeral rites and the Gầu Tào festival honours children.
Updated 3 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle rites In Đắk Lắk, the Ede coming-of-age ceremony removes a boy's kông bracelets at 17, marking his adulthood and right to join community affairs.
Updated 13 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 › Life-cycle rites Discover the unique husband-proposing rituals of the Ê Đê people in the Central Highlands, where women take the lead in marriage.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle rites The friendship bonding ritual of the S'tieng and M'nong in the Central Highlands links two people and their families through shared vows.
Updated 8 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communities The 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 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 Xtieng speak a Mon-Khmer language and live mainly in Bình Phước. Their residence, language, worship customs, and main festivals are covered here.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals An overview of traditional Vietnamese festivals: agricultural, religious, commemorative, and ethnic festivals. Classification, meaning, and cultural value.
Updated 10 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals 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.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customs Vietnam's ethnic minorities have their own marriage rites, house-building practices and worship, shaped by environment and indigenous beliefs.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Regions Mekong Delta culture grew from reclaiming southern lands and life along its rivers and canals, with floating markets and over 1,230 festivals.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communities The Lự people speak a Tày-Thái language and live mainly in Lai Châu, with worship customs and festivals tied to their own calendar.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
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