(VOVWORLD) - The Muong ethnic people have mastered the art of brocade weaving over generations. In Lạc Sơn District, Hòa Bình Province, they continue to dye and weave fabric to make their traditional clothing.
(VOVWORLD) - Most Cham ethic minority people live in Ninh Thuan province and follow a matriarchal system. After marriage, the husband moves in with his wife's family. Within the extended Cham matriarchal family, each sister has her own chamber on the family compound.
(VOVWORLD) - After the harvest, the Pa Co people in Quang Tri province prepare to welcome the spring and conduct a worship ritual to honor their sacred connection with the Mountain God. This ceremony, which has been practiced for centuries, is a way to express gratitude to the Mountain God for protecting the villagers.
(VOVWORLD) - The Ca Dong, a branch of the Xo-Dang ethnic minority group, live primarily in Nam Tra My district, Quang Nam province. The Ca Dong have always revered water resources as the prime source of life. Every year, at the end of November or the beginning of December, when the harvest season has ended, the Ca Dong conduct a ceremony to worship the water trough.
(VOVWORLD) - Kin Pang Then is one of the important folk rituals of the White Thai ethnic minority in northwestern provinces. The festival celebrates the adopted children of the shamans.
(VOVWORLD) - During the last days of the year, the Pa Co ethnic minority people in A Luoi district, Thua Thien-Hue province, perform traditional rites to celebrate the A Za festival.
(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s Cho Ro ethnic group live mainly in Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc, and Ba Ria-Vung Tau province. The worship of the Goddess of Rice, Sayangva, reflects the harmony between humans and nature and people’s wish for a sufficient, happy life.
(VOVWORLD) - In the grave abandonment ceremony of the Jrai ethnic group in the Central Highlands, there is a sacred rite in which people smear themselves with mud to disguise themselves as mud ghosts. Mud ghosts are good spirits who can protect their dead relatives.
(VOVWORLD) - The Muong ethnic people in Hanoi live mainly in Quoc Oai, Thach That, Ba Vi, and My Duc district. They have maintained their traditional customs, culture, costumes, cuisine, folk beliefs, and folk arts, including mo ritual, sung epics, proverbs, riddles, and musical instruments, the best know of which is the gong.
(VOVWORLD) - The Tac xinh dance of the San Chay ethnic minority groupis often performed for tourists who visit Thai Nguyen province. The dance is associated with the ritual of praying for a good harvest and to thank the gods for bumper crops and a prosperous life.
