Residing in Phia Thap Hamlet at the foot of Pha Hung mountain, the Nung ethnic minority people are renowned for producing agarwood incense sticks. For several hundreds of years, members of the Nung ethnic group follow their traditional craft of making incense sticks from agarwood trees. Their incense sticks are made of natural materials, with artificial chemicals free. Each piece is soaked four times in a flour mixture of sawdust and agarwood powder in order to create beautiful incense sticks. Producing these items requires great skills, including eye movement, from makers. Generations of the Nung community have passed the tradition down to younger members. The craft is closely associated with the Vietnamese custom of burning incense on the first or 30th days of every lunar month and other special occasions, such as the ancestors’ death anniversary. The most time-consuming stage of the process is drying the incense. Locals often dry them … [Read more...] about Incense-making craft of Nung ethnic group in Cao Bang
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Famous cải lương play from the 1980s to be restaged for Tết
The original version of Nàng Xê Đa was written for chèo (traditional opera), a form of Vietnamese theatre in the North. The play helped its creator, scriptwriter Vũ, to become a phenomenon in the industry after its release in Hà Nội in 1982. Vũ worked with his father, author Lưu Quang Thuận, to write the play. … [Read more...] about Famous cải lương play from the 1980s to be restaged for Tết
Lecture on Kitchen God and Tết traditions
Lecturer, Prof Văn Lan, noted author, historian, archaeologist, will explain the origins and rituals of Tết. Attendees will then participate in sending the three kitchen gods together with a set of paper clothes which will be burnt as an offering to them. After the offering of new clothes, everyone will release a live fish into West Lake to carry their family’s report. They will then return to learn about and enjoy a wide range of traditional Tết foods. … [Read more...] about Lecture on Kitchen God and Tết traditions
French films screened free online during Tết
Ten movies in drama, comedy and family genres will be featured, including Radin!, Tamara, C'est Quoi Cette Mamie?! (Who’s That Granny?!), Ange et Gabrielle (Love at First Child), Rupture Pour Tous (Love is Dead), Momo (Finding Mom), Le Petit Spirou (Little Spirou), Ni Une Ni Deux (One Role for Two), Tout Nous Sépare (All That Divides Us), and Alibi.com. … [Read more...] about French films screened free online during Tết
