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Origins: Holi, also known as the Festival of Colors or the Spring Festival, is one of the most celebrated and vibrant festivals in Indian culture, with origins tracing back to ancient Hindu traditions. There are multiple origin stories for Holi, two of the most prominent being derived from Hindu mythology: 1.
Tết (Vietnamese:, chữ Hán: 節), short for Tết Nguyên Đán (chữ Hán: 節元旦 lit. ' Festival of the first day '), is the most important celebration in Vietnamese culture. Tết celebrates the arrival of spring based on the Vietnamese calendar and usually has the date in January or February in the Gregorian calendar. [2]
Cổ Loa Temple Festival: 6th day to 16th day of 1st lunar month Cổ Loa commune, Đông Anh District, Hanoi: Ba Bể Lake Festival: 9th day and 10th day of 1st lunar month Ba Bể Lake, Ba Bể District, Bắc Kạn Province: Triều Khúc village Festival: 9th day to 11th day of 1st lunar month Triều Khúc village, Hanoi: Sình village ...
Theravāda New Year, also known as Songkran, is the water-splashing festival celebration in the traditional new year for the Theravada Buddhist calendar widely celebrated across South and Southeast Asia in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, parts of northeast India, parts of Vietnam, and Xishuangbanna, China [2] [3] begins on 13 April of the year.
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Xoan singing or hát xoan (Vietnamese for 'spring singing', Chữ Nôm: 咭春) is a genre of Vietnamese folk music performed in spring during the first two months of the Tết Nguyên Đán in Phú Thọ Province. [1] The genre includes acting, ceremony, chant, dancing, drumming, and singing; with themes involve romance, riddles, and work. [1]
Other Vietnamese-calendar holidays and observances Date (in Vietnamese calendar) English name Local name Remarks 15 of 1st month: Tết Nguyên Tiêu: Tết Nguyên Tiêu, Tết Thượng Nguyên (Rằm tháng giêng) Full moon of the 1st month of the year. Poets' Day Buddhist festival 3 of 3rd month: Tết Hàn Thực: Tết Hàn Thực
Tết Đoan Ngũ, Tết Trùng Nhĩ or Tết Nửa Năm (Nửa Năm: a half of a year) is a festival celebrated at noon on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. [1] This day is the day around the time when the tail of the Great Bear points directly to the south, that is, around the time of the summer solstice.