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The community is predominantly Vietnamese, however, the temple is often visited by Chinese, Thais, Cambodians, Sri Lankans, Indians, and Westerners. Chanting services are conducted in Vietnamese. There are 3000-5000 Vietnamese Buddhists in Austin. There are about 200 students in the Vietnamese language and culture classes each week.
Vietnamese-Americans immigrated to the United States in different waves. The first wave of Vietnamese from just before or after the Fall of Saigon/the last day of the Vietnam War, April 30, 1975. They consisted of mostly educated, white collar public servants, senior military officers, and upper and middle class Vietnamese and their families.
The Vietnam Memorial is installed at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin, Texas. Dedicated on April 19, 2008, the grey and black granite monument has a bronze sculpture on top and commemorates Texas veterans of the Vietnam War.
The congregation consists of Vietnamese immigrants and their children. Since the meditation classes have started in February 2007, a medium-sized group of non-Vietnamese Americans have started attending regularly. This temple has the largest amount of non-Vietnamese speaking people in a Theravada Vietnamese Temple in the United States.
The Marian Days (Vietnamese: Đại hội Thánh Mẫu, officially Ngày Thánh Mẫu [4]) is the main festival and pilgrimage for Vietnamese American Roman Catholics. The annual event in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary has taken place the first weekend in August since 1978 on the 28-acre (110,000 m 2 ) campus of the Congregation of the Mother ...
Aug. 2—CARTHAGE, Mo. — It's the second year back for Marian Days, the Vietnamese Catholic festival held in Carthage since 1975. There was a forced hiatus in 2020 and 2021 because of the COVID ...
In 2007, the eight-day festival took place from April 12 to April 15 and from April 19, to April 22. If featured record number of films: a total of 51, including 13 features submitted by filmmakers of Vietnamese descent from around the world.
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