Hello everyone!
Today, my church celebrated Tet today a little early today even though Tet officially starts on thursday. I regret not being able to go home, but that's what happens when you're a college student and you have academic time commitments to attend to (especially with Dem Vietnam taking up a lot of my free time).
What I learned from Tet is that it is the first day of the lunar month when the harvest is over. The day is filled with sacred worship because the Vietnamese believe that they existed as another soul in another life. All the success they have to day is a direct correlation of what happened or what they did in the past life.
Tet is also the time of the busiest business month; somewhat like Christmas over in America. Flowers are the biggest commodity as people buy these to celebrate the dead. People also want to start the lunar new year with clearing all debts as to have no inclinations for the following year.
Vietnamese people also eat banh chung during the lunar new year. Banh chung comes into two different shapes: square and round. The square version signifies the earth, and the circle was a type of fast food back when warriors were on the move.
I had some banh chung this weekend! Btw, good job at DVN!
ReplyDeleteI didn't eat any banh chung but I did eat plenty of banh tet! I just wanted to point out that when you said Vietnamese people believe they existed in another life and that their success is a correlation to the past, it just really reminded me of my Buddhism class.
ReplyDeleteYou should fry your banh chung, it makes it more delicious.
ReplyDeleteI dónt like banh chung because my family makes it bad.
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