Vietnamese Tet
There are several events that are organised by the embassy of VN, group of Vnese who belongs to the South of VN, and of course group that just wants to maintain the Vnese culture. You can always go to all of them since they are not organised on the same date, usually the one organised by the embassy is really big, last year they invited real artists from VN to play different traditional musical instruments, and dragon dances, dances, fire-crackers at mid-night to chase away the devil ghosts hehehehe and to welcome the new year...
This year, I have to go to the temple again on New Year Eve, and of course participating in a show organised by my musical teacher, so yeah I will also have to play one song from my intrument (no worries I will play within a group, so your ears will not hurt much :-)). I received the program, it will be different from this year, more children dances, and foods seem not too bad. Well, if you guys enjoyed the show last year, you should definitely come this year ;-).
How Vietnamese celebrate Tet? Two weeks prior to the New Year Eve, usually Vietnamese make a small ceremony to send the kitchen Saints (as they are not Buddha or else, they are like representatives in each household and their tasks are supposed to make a report about the household that they are responsible for, whether the people who live in that house are good, what did they do bad last year..etc. The Saints are two husbands and one wife-too good to be true, isn't it? ;-)) -The reason for this menage a trois, most earth-ware kitchen that are used in VN in the past has three stands, and why two husbands-1 wife and not vice-versa? I actually can't remember now ;-))). On New Year Eve, we have to make a "small dinner" to welcome them together with the family ancestors to celebrate new year. There is also a small tray of fruits to give to the different Gods of four directions (North, South, East, West), then at mid-night, everybody starts going to temple, pagoda to pray as well as to get a small branch of flower to put in the house, it is supposed to bring luck, prosperity for the whole year. Well, people also cook and buy a lot of foods that guarantee we can continue eating for the next two weeks. The first day of the year, Buddhist practice people will only eat vegetarian dishes as does so my family usually. BTW, Buddhist also do not eat garlic and onions, but the story for that is for next time ;-) (not only because of aphrodisiac reason).
The celebration lasts one month, although kids return to school after 10 days, and the atmosphere will get less exciting...It's the time for adult to get rest, I think. Most things are found supertitious (like you can't visit other people on the first day or can't weep anything out of the house), but there are also a lot of things create a little "magic" for the holidays such as receiving lucky money on the morning of the first day of the year ;-) as long as you are not old yet (so what is old?;-)), and not married or have kids, you still have the right to receive it hehehehe
Anyway, more info on the New Year show to follow in next few weeks ;-)
This year, I have to go to the temple again on New Year Eve, and of course participating in a show organised by my musical teacher, so yeah I will also have to play one song from my intrument (no worries I will play within a group, so your ears will not hurt much :-)). I received the program, it will be different from this year, more children dances, and foods seem not too bad. Well, if you guys enjoyed the show last year, you should definitely come this year ;-).
How Vietnamese celebrate Tet? Two weeks prior to the New Year Eve, usually Vietnamese make a small ceremony to send the kitchen Saints (as they are not Buddha or else, they are like representatives in each household and their tasks are supposed to make a report about the household that they are responsible for, whether the people who live in that house are good, what did they do bad last year..etc. The Saints are two husbands and one wife-too good to be true, isn't it? ;-)) -The reason for this menage a trois, most earth-ware kitchen that are used in VN in the past has three stands, and why two husbands-1 wife and not vice-versa? I actually can't remember now ;-))). On New Year Eve, we have to make a "small dinner" to welcome them together with the family ancestors to celebrate new year. There is also a small tray of fruits to give to the different Gods of four directions (North, South, East, West), then at mid-night, everybody starts going to temple, pagoda to pray as well as to get a small branch of flower to put in the house, it is supposed to bring luck, prosperity for the whole year. Well, people also cook and buy a lot of foods that guarantee we can continue eating for the next two weeks. The first day of the year, Buddhist practice people will only eat vegetarian dishes as does so my family usually. BTW, Buddhist also do not eat garlic and onions, but the story for that is for next time ;-) (not only because of aphrodisiac reason).
The celebration lasts one month, although kids return to school after 10 days, and the atmosphere will get less exciting...It's the time for adult to get rest, I think. Most things are found supertitious (like you can't visit other people on the first day or can't weep anything out of the house), but there are also a lot of things create a little "magic" for the holidays such as receiving lucky money on the morning of the first day of the year ;-) as long as you are not old yet (so what is old?;-)), and not married or have kids, you still have the right to receive it hehehehe
Anyway, more info on the New Year show to follow in next few weeks ;-)
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