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Tết Trung Thu (chữ Hán: 節中秋) is a traditional Vietnamese festival held from the night of the 14th to the end of the 15th of the 8th lunar month (Rằm tháng Tám, chữ Nôm: 𠄻躺渗). Despite its Chinese origin, the festival has recently evolved into a children's festival ( Tết Thiếu Nhi ), [ 2 ] also known as Tết Trông ...
Formerly the Police Day (Ngày Cảnh sát Quốc gia) in South Vietnam June 28: Vietnamese Family Day: Ngày Gia đình Việt Nam July 27: Remembrance Day (Day for Martyrs and Wounded Soldiers or Vietnamese War Invalids and Martyrs’ Day) Ngày Thương binh Liệt sĩ August 19: August Revolution Commemoration Day: Ngày Cách mạng Tháng 8
The Mid-Autumn Festival is known as Tết Trung Thu (Chữ Nôm: 節中秋) in Vietnamese. It is also commonly referred to as the "Children's Festival". [10] The Vietnamese traditionally believed that children, being the most innocent, had the closest connection to the sacred, pure and natural beauty of the world.
In the weeks leading up to Tet, celebratory songs are played throughout Vietnam. One song, Ngày Tết Quê Em (Tet in My Homeland) was released by Linh Trang and Xuan Mai in 2006. It was on the album Xuân Mai và Thiếu Nhi Cali 2 Hội chợ Cali. The song can be heard playing in many public places across the country. [31]
He was a shy boy, preferring to read rather than socialise. Although Orlando, Florida, did not have a large Vietnamese community, the Tết and Tết Trung Thu festivals allowed him to compete in singing competitions. At the 1994 Tết Trung Thu, he won the competition, and completed a hat-trick of victories in the following years.
Rượu nếp, a sticky rice wine, is traditionally eaten on this holiday. Bánh tro, a kind of bánh lá, is used during this holiday with hard-boiled eggs. [2] Bánh tro is considered as "cool", symbolized yin because it includes vegetable ash water as an ingredient.
The United States on Monday called out Russia and China at the United Nations Security Council for "shamelessly protecting" and emboldening North Korea to further violate U.N. sanctions as ...
Hùng Vương altar on Giỗ Tổ Hùng Vương at a school. The Hùng Kings' Temple Festival (Vietnamese: Giỗ Tổ Hùng Vương or Lễ hội đền Hùng) is a Vietnamese festival held annually from the 1th to the 10th day of the third lunar month in honour of the Hùng Vương or Hùng Kings.