Vietnam
Tini Nguyen
HFN2O1-04
Ms. Marinelli
June 5th, 2013
REPORT
Every country has different culture. Vietnam is a country in Southeast Asia. Vietnam has a rich culture that has been shaped by many civilizations throughout history. Through many long struggles, the Vietnamese people have created their unique culture. There are so many cultural celebrations in Vietnam such as Vietnamese New Year and Mid-Autumn Festival are the most important celebration. Climate affects the availability of ingredient, which in turn affects the types of dishes that dominate a particular region. Every local has different types of foods grown. Due the impact of the war, there’s still a lot of hungers especially children in Vietnam. First of all is the cultural celebration, the most important holiday celebrated in Vietnam and indeed by Vietnamese people worldwide is Tet, the Vietnamese-Chinese New Year. Tet is commonly described as Christmas, Thanksgiving all celebrated at once. Tet is the biggest holiday, it happens before December 23rd until January 10th (Chinese calendar). Vietnamese people have a concept that Tet is beginning of something new, everything in the house have to be new and clean and try to get rid of any ‘bad fortune’. In these days, they often clean their house, prepare food, buy new clothes, pay debt, resolving disputing and buy yellow blossoms to decorate the house. Family members together they cook Banh Chung and talk about their life, their hope, their job. They believe that Tet marks the time when the Kitchen God reports on their family to the Jade Emperor. No matter where they are, they would go home before Tet to celebrate with their family. In that day, most important foods that indispensable are Banh Chung (a square cake made from sticky rice, pork, lard and green bean paste), Mut ( a tray of candied fruits ), Thit Kho ( Pork meat & eggs braised ) and Cu Kieu ( pickled scallion heads). In Vietnamese language, to celebrate Tet is to an Tet, that means ‘eat
HFN2O1-04
Ms. Marinelli
June 5th, 2013
REPORT
Every country has different culture. Vietnam is a country in Southeast Asia. Vietnam has a rich culture that has been shaped by many civilizations throughout history. Through many long struggles, the Vietnamese people have created their unique culture. There are so many cultural celebrations in Vietnam such as Vietnamese New Year and Mid-Autumn Festival are the most important celebration. Climate affects the availability of ingredient, which in turn affects the types of dishes that dominate a particular region. Every local has different types of foods grown. Due the impact of the war, there’s still a lot of hungers especially children in Vietnam. First of all is the cultural celebration, the most important holiday celebrated in Vietnam and indeed by Vietnamese people worldwide is Tet, the Vietnamese-Chinese New Year. Tet is commonly described as Christmas, Thanksgiving all celebrated at once. Tet is the biggest holiday, it happens before December 23rd until January 10th (Chinese calendar). Vietnamese people have a concept that Tet is beginning of something new, everything in the house have to be new and clean and try to get rid of any ‘bad fortune’. In these days, they often clean their house, prepare food, buy new clothes, pay debt, resolving disputing and buy yellow blossoms to decorate the house. Family members together they cook Banh Chung and talk about their life, their hope, their job. They believe that Tet marks the time when the Kitchen God reports on their family to the Jade Emperor. No matter where they are, they would go home before Tet to celebrate with their family. In that day, most important foods that indispensable are Banh Chung (a square cake made from sticky rice, pork, lard and green bean paste), Mut ( a tray of candied fruits ), Thit Kho ( Pork meat & eggs braised ) and Cu Kieu ( pickled scallion heads). In Vietnamese language, to celebrate Tet is to an Tet, that means ‘eat