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Asceticism [a] is a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from worldly pleasures, often for the purpose of pursuing spiritual goals. [3] Ascetics may withdraw from the world for their practices or continue to be part of their society, but typically adopt a frugal lifestyle, characterised by the renunciation of material possessions and physical pleasures, and also spend time fasting while ...
Vietnam has the fifth largest Catholic population in Asia, after the Philippines, India, China and Indonesia. There are about 7 million Catholics in Vietnam, representing 7.4% of the total population. [1] There are 27 dioceses (including three archdioceses) with 2,228 parishes and 2,668 priests. [2]
A small bottle of rượu thuốc Rượu thuốc in Phú Quốc island. A popular type of rượu thuốc is snake wine (rượu rắn) for its placebo ability to cure multiple diseases including far sightedness, hair loss, back pain, digestive problems, fertility problems and even leprosy. [2]
The Đinh dynasty (Vietnamese: triều Đinh; Chữ Hán: 朝丁; or Vietnamese: Nhà Đinh; Chữ Nôm: 茹丁), officially Đại Cồ Việt (Chữ Hán: 大瞿越), was a Vietnamese dynasty. It was founded in 968 when Đinh Bộ Lĩnh vanquished the upheavals of Twelve warlords and ended when the son of Đinh Bộ Lĩnh, Đinh Toàn , ceded ...
Under the regime of the Republic of Vietnam, Măng Đeng was militarized to become the headquarters ("Commanding and Coordinating Center for Military March", Trung-tâm chỉ-huy và phối-hợp hành-quân, or simply "Military March Center", Trung-tâm hành-quân) of the Free World Military Forces (FWMF) in the Central Highlands.
The Quốc âm thi tập (國音詩集 "National pronunciation poetry collection") [a] is a collection of Vietnamese poetry written in the vernacular chữ Nôm script attributed to Nguyễn Trãi (chữ Hán: 阮廌).
"Tiến Quân Ca" (lit. "The Song of the Marching Troops") is the national anthem of Vietnam.The march was written and composed by Văn Cao in 1944, and was adopted as the national anthem of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1946 (as per the 1946 constitution) and subsequently the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1976 following the reunification of Vietnam.
In Vietnam, the lolot leaf is also called lá lốt. Bò lá lốt is often topped with crushed roasted peanuts and green onions, or served with lettuce, mint leaves, daikon and carrot pickles, and vermicelli noodles, dipped in nước mắm pha (Vietnamese dipping sauce).