A colorful festival of parallel sentences, flowers and beverages will be held in Hanoi from January 25 to February 2 to reflect the traditional lunar New Year festival (Tet) of Vietnamese people.Vietnamese Tet will be reflected through Horizontal lacquered board (engraved with Chinese characters), parallel sentences, door painting in fresco, ancestral altar and special food of Tet.The organisers said that a ‘Hanoi Culture Space’ and ‘Bac Can Culture Space’ will the focus in this year’s festival with the restoration of an old house of Hanoi with activities like making banh chung (square glutinous rice cake), and gio (lean pork paste) and introduction of rice wine, specialities and flowers of Bac Can northern mountainous province.Particularly, pagoda monks and nuns will talk about how to make the altar as well as other worshipping customs during the Tet festival. Another highlight will be the showcasing of various Vietnamese wines. A contest to select the … [Read more...] about Festival to reflect Vietnamese traditional lunar New Year to kick off
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Tet market- a habit of Vietnamese on Lunar New Year
(Cinet)- Once upon a time, Tet market become a essential habit and custom of Vietnamese people. Until now, Tet market is marked by an abundance of decorations in the street and traditional food in the shops. Everyone is eager going to market to prepare a happpy Tet in a family. For Vietnamese people, Tet (Lunar New Year) is an occasion not only to enjoy the change of year with family and friends but also the chance to thank the gods, spirits and nature, to visit friends, relatives and teachers, and to remember and honor their forebears. Buying for Tet was spoken with passion by Vietnamese housewives - not that they had much money to splurge on Tết treats for themselves or the frequent guests they made welcome in their homes. For the very poor, "sam Tet" could be a real burden. Families would save up all year so that they could buy something special for themselves, their relatives, and their guests at this most special time. The atmosphere of Tet is in the air already as people flock … [Read more...] about Tet market- a habit of Vietnamese on Lunar New Year
Lunar New Year 2008 Flower Festival Plans
More than 6,000 items, ornamental plants, bonsais, rock-gardens, dried trees, grafting stones, cacti, ornamental fish and various valuable and rare flowers from throughout the country, are to be displayed at Ho Chi Minh City’s annual flower festival for the 2008 lunar new year (Tet), said the Ho Chi Minh Public Parks and Greenery Company.The festival is to include exhibitions of Vietnamese calligraphy, flowers, ornamental fish, rock-gardens and variety music shows, folk games, performances of southern folk music, dragon dances, calligraphy and tea drinking, human chess playing and nightingale fighting.One highlight is to be a spring trade fair showcasing high-quality Vietnamese products where holiday shoppers can complete the process of bankrupting themselves for festivity’s sake.The 2008 Lunar New Year Flower Festival is to take place from the 20th day of the 12th lunar month to the 6th day of the 1st lunar month of the next year (January 27 to February 12). … [Read more...] about Lunar New Year 2008 Flower Festival Plans
HCMC Prepares for Lunar New Year Festivities
Ho Chi Minh City's 2008 Lunar New Year flower markets will be held at three locations this year, Gia Dinh Park in Go Vap District, September 23 Park and Le Van Tam Park in District 1 from January 30 to February 6, according to the city's Public Parks and Greenery Company. The flower market at September 23 Park is to be the biggest with some 550 display booths. Gia Dinh Park will have 221 booths and Le Van Tam Park 100. The HCMC People's Committee is to spend VND4.5 billion (nearly US$277,000) to support Saigontourist Corporation's decoration and organization of the Nguyen Hue Flower Street and Giant Banh Tet (glutinous new-year's rice cakes) festival, one of the events with the highest expectation of the public attendance during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holidays. The HCMC Public Lighting Company will also spend VND1 billion (around US$61,000) on lightening systems for the festival and VND200 million (over US$12,000) for musical performances supported by the Department of Culture … [Read more...] about HCMC Prepares for Lunar New Year Festivities
City hosts festival to welcome Lunar New Year
A festival celebrating the lunar New Year is being held at the Ho Chi Minh City Youth's Culture House from now until January 30. The event includes various cultural activities such as Don ca tai tu Nam bo (southern amateur music) festival, Kylin-Lion-Dragon dance festival, Vietnamese tea culture introducing local brands, Banh tet (glutinous new-year's rice cake) festival, musical performances and fashion shows. Children are also catered for with sport and traditional folk games. Meanwhile people can get lucky words from calligraphers at the calligraphy street on Pham Ngoc Thach's pavement. Additionally, 80 photos of the Spring and the country's achievements in the renewal period and 150 newspapers and magazines exhibiting on Tet holidays are displayed in exhibition from January 15 to 30. The organization board will also give 'lucky' money to 2,000 disadvantaged children of open houses in the city. They hope to bring warm holidays to citizens and people who can not go home for … [Read more...] about City hosts festival to welcome Lunar New Year