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  2. Veneration of the dead - Wikipedia

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    In China, ancestor veneration (敬祖, pinyin: jìngzǔ) and ancestor worship (拜祖, pinyin: bàizǔ) seek to honour and recollect the actions of the deceased; they represent the ultimate homage to the dead. The importance of paying respect to parents (and elders) lies with the fact that all physical bodily aspects of one's being were created ...

  3. Music of Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    The Vietnam War had a profound impact on Vietnamese music, inspiring many protest songs and influencing the development of modern Vietnamese music, the introduction of rock came with use of electric guitars to create more aggressive sound on the songs. The main genres that were common in this period were the rock ,folk and soul.

  4. Culture of Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    Most Vietnamese, regardless of religious denomination, practice ancestor worship and have an ancestor altar at their home or business. [ 25 ] Đạo Mẫu , or the worship of mother goddesses , was established in Vietnam in the 16th century and draws together various disparate beliefs and practices.

  5. Caodaism - Wikipedia

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    Caodaism (/ ˌ k aʊ ˈ d aɪ z ə m /; Vietnamese: Đạo Cao Đài; chữ Hán: 道高臺, IPA: [ʔɗaːw˧˨ʔ kaːw˧˧ ʔɗaːj˨˩]) or Cao Đài is a Vietnamese monotheistic syncretic religion that retains many elements from Vietnamese folk religion such as ancestor worship, [citation needed] as well as "ethical precepts from ...

  6. Chầu văn - Wikipedia

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    Its music and poetry are combined with a variety of instruments, rhythms, pauses, and tempos. [3] [4] [5] Hát chầu văn originated in the 16th century and spread quickly. [6] The main musical instrument used in hat van performance is the đàn nguyệt or moon-shaped lute. [7] The genre is famous for its use in rituals for deity mediumship.

  7. Nhã nhạc - Wikipedia

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    Nhã nhạc (Vietnamese: [ɲǎːˀ ɲàːˀk], 雅樂, "elegant music") is a traditional music of Vietnam.Vietnamese court music is very diverse, but the term nhã nhạc refers specifically to the Vietnamese court music performed from the Trần dynasty of the 13th century to the Nguyễn dynasty at the end of the 20th century.

  8. Religion in Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    Đạo Mẫu is a branch of shamanism of Vietnamese folk religion, it is the worship of mother goddesses in Vietnam. There are distinct beliefs and practices in this religion including the worship of goddesses such as Thiên Y A Na , Bà Chúa Xứ , Bà Chúa Kho and Liễu Hạnh , legendary figures like Âu Cơ , the Trưng Sisters (Hai Bà ...

  9. Vietnamese ancestral house - Wikipedia

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    An ancestral house (Vietnamese: nhà thờ họ, chữ Nôm: 茹悇𢩜 or Vietnamese: từ đường, chữ Hán: 祠堂) is a Vietnamese traditional place of worship of a clan or its branches which established by male descendants of paternal line. This type of worship place is most commonly seen in northern Vietnam as well as middle Vietnam. [1]