Keyword: "Dao people"

For the Dao people, Tet is a time for families and clans to reunite after a year of hard work, to report achievements to their ancestors and pray for good fortune in the year ahead. From the 11th to the 12th lunar months each year, Dao communities across Thanh Hoa province come together to celebrate Tet nam cung as a traditional festival deeply rooted in their cultural life.

The “Cap Sac” ritual is an indispensable part of the life of every Dao male in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang, as it helps him earn recognition as being mature enough to join in the community’s major activities.

Le Mung Com Moi (New Rice Celebration), a festival held in late eighth month and early ninth month of the Lunar year among ethnic minority groups in the northern province of Ha Giang, has been a unique cultural practice of local ethnic minority people to celebrate bumper crops.

The ‘Cap Sac’ ritual is an indispensable proceeding in the life of every DaoTien male as it helps him earn the recognition of being mature enough to join in the community’s major activities.

As peach blossoms flaunt their deep pink colour on the threshold of spring, the melodies of folk music are everywhere in all the hamlets in the northern province of Lang Son.

Like other ethnic groups in Vietnam, Red Dao ethnic group has their unique tradition for celebrating Tet, the Vietnamese Lunar New Year festival.

Dao ethnic people in Suoi Quyen commune, Van Chan district in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai have been exerting all-out efforts to preserve bell dancing.