Mong ethnic people in Meo Vac district, Ha Giang province celebrate their New Year or Tet one month earlier than Lunar New Year.

Con throwing In all festivals and Tet holidays of the Thai ethnic group in Tay Bac, besides solemn rites and ceremonies, Con throwing is an indispensable folk game.

“Com dep”, flat glutinous green rice is a specialty of the Khmer in Soc Trang in general and Mekong River Delta in particular. “Com dep” is a popular dish and an indispensible offering in important religious rituals to pray to genies for favorable weather and bumper crops.

(Cinet)- The traditional Tet of the Chut ethnic group in Huong Lien commune’s Rao Tre hamlet in Ha Tinh province was celebrated on December 22.

(Cinet)- Around twenty people from Kho Mu community in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien conducted a ritual to pray for rain on the outskirts of Hanoi on November 16.