Culture
Worship of Ancestor Custom
A very popular belief among Vietnamese is the custom of the ancestor cult. In every household, an...
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Villages – Guilds
The Vietnamese culture has always evolved on the basis of the wet rice civilization. Thus, the lifestyle of the Vietnamese population is closely...
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Customs of Chewing Betel and Areca Nuts and smoking thuoc lao
According to legends, chewing quid of betel and areca has been a custom since the Hung Vuong period and is connected to the antique legend of betel...
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Wedding Ceremony
Getting married is an important event in a Vietnamese’s life. The procedure of the ancient wedding ceremony was very complicated. Current wedding...
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Funeral Ceremony
“The sense of the dead is that of the final,” says a Vietnamese proverb, meaning that funeral ceremonies must be solemnly organized.
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Folk Literature
Since coming into existence, Vietnamese literature has been rich in folklore and proverbs; tales that have been handed down from generation to...
People
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Cham ethnic group
The Cham follow Islam and Brahmanism. Brahmanism's doctrines draw about...
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Bru - Van Kieu ethnic group
The Bru - Van Kieu live in small houses on stilts. These villages are usually...
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Customs and habits
The Brau have a tradition of tattooing their faces and bodies and filing...
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History
Chinese domination period (1st century, BC - 10th century, AD)
In the 3rd century BC, the Han people who lived in the Yellow River basin unified China, merging the various ethnic groups who lived in southern China to the south of the Yangtze River into a centralized empire
Administration Units
Worship of Ancestor Custom
A very popular belief among Vietnamese is the custom of the ancestor cult. In every household...
