Vietnamese cultural beauty

Group: Garfield Cat

Members:

1/ Nguyễn Thị Thúy Hoa (Leader)

2/ Trần Thị Mỹ Hòa

3/ Trương Ngọc Đức

4/ Lê Thanh Mai

5/ Hoàng Gia Hân

Viet Nam is a country which has a lot of beautiful sights and a variety of culture. In spite of foreign influence, Vietnamese people have managed to conserve many distinct native customs which have always played a vital role in daily Vietnamese life throughout the millennia. Vietnamese culture is comprised of the 54 main ethnic groups, presenting vivid cultural elements unique to the cultures of each group. Today, more and more foreigners are going to Viet Nam for traveling and trading. This make us feel proud of our country. So we should maintain and conserve Vietnamese culture as well as Vietnamese traditional festivals.

HA LONG BAY

Halong Bay has twice been recognized by UNESCO as a World Natural Heritage Area for its exceptional scenic beauty and outstanding geological and geomorphic values. In 2012, the New 7 Wonders Foundation officially named Halong Bay as one of new seven natural wonders of the world. Hạ Long Bay is also a member of the Club of the Most Beautiful Bays of the World.

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Imperial City, Hue

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DISTINCT CULTURAL

FIELDS IN VIET NAM

4. Traditional food

DISTINCT CULTURAL FIELDS IN VIET NAM

1.Vietnamese literature

DISTINCT CULTURAL FIELDS IN VIET NAM

2. Traditional art

DISTINCT CULTURAL FIELDS IN VIET NAM

3. Traditional costume

DISTINCT CULTURAL FIELDS IN VIET NAM

5. Festivals

SOME POPULAR FESTIVALS IN VIET

NAM

Tet - Lunar New Year in Viet Nam - is the most important festival tradition, observed by all Vietnamese, even those abroad. Every family in Viet Nam, whether they have money or not still tries to buy traditional goods such as flowers, sweets and square ricecakes for this special occasion. The Vietnamese Tet is an occasion for an entire people to share a common ideal of peace, concord and mutual love.

Tet – Lunar New Year

This festival is held on the 10th day of the 3rd lunar month. Hung Temple Festival not only attracts visitors from all over the country because of its special traditional cultural activities, but it is also a sacred trip back in time to the origins of the Vietnamese nation. People usually show their love and pride of their homeland and ancestral land. This religious belief deeply imbedded in the minds of every Vietnamese citizen, regardless of where they originate.

Hung King Temple Festival

http://www.vietnam-culture.com/articles-201-13/Hung-King-Temple-Festival.aspx

The Buffalo fighting festival in Do Son (Haiphong City) is officially held every year on the 9th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar. The Buffalo fighting festival in Do Son is a traditional festival that is attached to a Water God worshipping ceremony and the "Hien Sinh" custom. The most typical reason for the ceremony is to express the martial spirit of the local people in Do Son, Haiphong.

The Buffalo fighting festival

http://www.vietnam-culture.com/articles-202-13/Do-Son-Buffalo-Fighting-Festival.aspx

Festival Hue is a chance for Hue to prove its position as a cultural and tourist centre and a festival city of Viet Nam. Many programs are the focus of the festival such as: a festival honouring Emperor Quang Trung, the traditional Vietnamese long dress (ao dai) fashion show, the program to discover “the Legend of Perfume River” and the examination of martial arts students...

Festival Hue

http://www.pcict.gov.vn/NewsViewer.aspx?ID=44&LangID=2&NewsID=1817

The elephant racing festival takes place in springtime, normally in the third lunar month. The elephant race constitutes a big festival in the Central Highlands. It reflects the martial spirit of the M'Nong people, an ethnic group famous for their bravery in wild elephant hunting. Coming to this Elephant Race Festival, tourists have a chance to indulge in the boisterous atmosphere of the festival, of the echo of gongs and the spectacular performances of the elephants from the Central Highlands forest.

The elephant racing festival

http://www.vietnam-culture.com/articles-208-13/Elephant-Race-Festival.aspx

Ooc-Om-Bok festival is a religious service that worships the moon deity of the Khmer minority group and prays for good luck, happiness, good weather and bumper crops. The festival is usually held when the dry season begins and rice are ripening on the fields.This ceremony takes place on the evening of 14th of tenth lunar month before the moon goes to the top. At the pagodas of Khmer people, locals hold paper-lantern releasing into the sky and putting on the rivers. Many traditional activities of the Khmer are organized on the evening of 14th.

Ooc- Om-Bok festival

http://www.vietnam-culture.com/articles-206-13/OocOmBok-Festival.aspx

WHAT CAN WE DO TO CONSERVE

VIETNAMESE TRADITIONAL

FESTIVALS?

• Educate students to conserve Vietnamese culture

( This must be taught in Civil education subject)

• Organize contests of which topics are about the days of Vietnamese traditional festivals.

• Broadcast programs of Vietnamese traditional festivals on television regularly.

• Publish books, CDs, video tapes in which Vietnamese traditional festivals are introduced.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTIO

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