Activities to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday and a programme to make thousands of “banh chung” (square glutinous rice cakes) for the poor are slated to be held at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism, the village announced on January 25.
Activities to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday and a programme to make thousands of “banh chung” (square glutinous rice cakes) for the poor are slated to be held at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Activities to celebrate the upcoming LunarNew Year (Tet) holiday and a programme to make thousands of “banh chung” (squareglutinous rice cakes) for the poor are slated to be held at the VietnamNational Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism, the village announced onJanuary 25.
These will take place at the village from January 29 to February 1 (the17th to the 20th day of lunar December).
The village’s annual programme to make “banh chung” to help the poorenjoy Tet has been held for many years. Some 1,000 Tet gift sets worth some 500,000VND (22 USD) each will also be sent to disadvantaged people in the centralprovinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, and Quang Tri.
Traditional customs during Tet will also be introduced to visitors,with the aim of preserving, upholding and promoting the values of Vietnam’sethnic minority groups, and easing the difficulties facing the poor.
A planting ceremony for a “Neu pole” (a tall bamboo tree with redstrips of fabric attached to ward off evil spirits during Tet) was re-enacted atthe village on January 25.
The Neu pole is not only believed to stop ghosts and demons fromentering the community during Tet but also directs ancestors seeking the pathhome for the holiday. The custom is also practised in other Asian countries.
The largest and most celebrated holiday in Vietnam, Tet falls from February12 to 14 this year./.
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Activities to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday and a programme to make thousands of “banh chung” (square glutinous rice cakes) for the poor are slated to be held at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism. (Photo: VNA) 
