New Year Festival in Vietnam
Lunar New Year (Tet) in Vietnam
Vietnamese Lunar New Year, commonly known by Vietnamese as Tết Nguyên Đán or Tet, is the most important and popular holiday and also festival in Vietnam.
Do you know: Vietnam Lunar New Year 2012 will fall on January 23rd. 2012 is the year of Dragon
About Tet
Vietnamese Lunar New Year, commonly known by Vietnamese as Tết Nguyên Đán or Tet, is the most important and popular holiday and also festival in Vietnam. Similar to Lunar New Year in South Korea or China, Tet is celebrated for the arrival of the spring according to the Lunar Calendar - from the first day of the first Lunar month (around late January to early February) to at least the third day. Usually Vietnamese will be allowed to have five - seven days off from work to celebrate Tet holiday.
In 2012, the date for Tet is January 23rd (Year of Dragon). In 2013, the date for Tet is February 10th (Year of Snake). In 2014, the date for Tet is January 31st (Year of Horse).
Celebrations
There are many customs practiced by Vietnamese during Tet such as ancestral worshiping, giving away lucky money to children and elderly people, cooking traditional food, decorating house and many other unique customs. It can be divided into three periods: Tất Niên (Before New Year’s Eve), Giao Thừa (New Year’s Eve) and Tân Niên (the New Year).
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Chung Cake and Tet Cake - the traditional flavour of Vietnam Lunar new year
Before New Year’s Eve: Overseas Vietnamese or pilgrims would try to come back to their homeland for family reunions, forgetting about troubles of the past and together hoping for a fruitful upcoming year. They would be busy decorating their houses with cherry blossom (in the northern region), hoa mai - Ochna integerrima (in the central and southern region) and other floral decorations such as kumquat tree, marigold, lavender or paperwhite flower along with traditional Dong Ho paintings and calligraphy pictures.
On the New Year’s
Vietnamese Lunar New Year, commonly known by Vietnamese as Tết Nguyên Đán or Tet, is the most important and popular holiday and also festival in Vietnam.
Do you know: Vietnam Lunar New Year 2012 will fall on January 23rd. 2012 is the year of Dragon
About Tet
Vietnamese Lunar New Year, commonly known by Vietnamese as Tết Nguyên Đán or Tet, is the most important and popular holiday and also festival in Vietnam. Similar to Lunar New Year in South Korea or China, Tet is celebrated for the arrival of the spring according to the Lunar Calendar - from the first day of the first Lunar month (around late January to early February) to at least the third day. Usually Vietnamese will be allowed to have five - seven days off from work to celebrate Tet holiday.
In 2012, the date for Tet is January 23rd (Year of Dragon). In 2013, the date for Tet is February 10th (Year of Snake). In 2014, the date for Tet is January 31st (Year of Horse).
Celebrations
There are many customs practiced by Vietnamese during Tet such as ancestral worshiping, giving away lucky money to children and elderly people, cooking traditional food, decorating house and many other unique customs. It can be divided into three periods: Tất Niên (Before New Year’s Eve), Giao Thừa (New Year’s Eve) and Tân Niên (the New Year).
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Chung Cake and Tet Cake - the traditional flavour of Vietnam Lunar new year
Before New Year’s Eve: Overseas Vietnamese or pilgrims would try to come back to their homeland for family reunions, forgetting about troubles of the past and together hoping for a fruitful upcoming year. They would be busy decorating their houses with cherry blossom (in the northern region), hoa mai - Ochna integerrima (in the central and southern region) and other floral decorations such as kumquat tree, marigold, lavender or paperwhite flower along with traditional Dong Ho paintings and calligraphy pictures.
On the New Year’s