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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 ...
As Vietnam's official calendar has been the Gregorian calendar since 1954, [1] the Vietnamese calendar is used mainly to observe lunisolar holidays and commemorations, such as Tết Nguyên Đán and Tết Trung Thu.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Han calendar—essentially the night of a full moon—which falls near the Autumnal Equinox (on a day between 8 September and 7 October in the Gregorian calendar). It will occur on these days in coming years: [83] 2023: 29 September (Friday) [84] 2024: 17 September (Tuesday)
Tết Trung Nguyên: Lễ Vu Lan, Tết Trung Nguyên and Lễ Xá tội vong nhân (Rằm tháng Bảy) Full moon of the 7th month of the year Commemorating ghosts and spirits of the deceased ancestors Paying tribute and respect to father and mother Buddhist festival 12 of 8th month: Theater Day: Ngày Giỗ tổ Sân khấu: 15 of 8th month ...
The Brazilian public holiday of Dia de Finados, Dia dos Mortos or Dia dos Fiéis Defuntos (Portuguese: "Day of the Dead" or "Day of the Faithful Deceased") is celebrated on November 2. Similar to other Day of the Dead celebrations, people go to cemeteries and churches with flowers and candles and offer prayers. The celebration is intended as a ...
Given that Christmas Eve is always the night before Christmas Day, in 2023, Christmas Eve will be on Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. So, the holiday lands on the tail end of the weekend.
In Europe, historians have thought the three- day festival of the dead is a ritualistic remembrance of the deluge in which Halloween the first night is depicting the wickedness of the world before the flood. The second night is spent celebrating the saved who survived the deluge and the last night is meant as an honoring to those who would ...
In 2023, Thanksgiving Day is on Thursday, November 23. Last year, Thanksgiving was on November 24 and in 2024, it'll be a bit later than usual, landing on November 28.