The traditional Lunar New Year or Tet has been an interesting experiencefor foreigners who are in Vietnam during the country’s biggestfestival.
Saymay Inthavong, a Lao student inVietnam who has welcomed Tet four times here, is interested inVietnamese traditional dishes and the custom of giving and receivinglucky money.
He also remembers the time when he and his friends went to a pagoda to pray for a happy and healthy new year.
Morishima Hiroki, 24, from Japan was eager to celebrate his firstTet in Vietnam as he wanted to enjoy the festive atmosphere thatengulfed all local families and streets.
Meanwhile, Hiroki’s fellow countryman, Makishi, has enjoyed five Tetfestivals in Vietnam. “I like watching Vietnamese people wrap Chung cake( square glutinous rice cake) and seeing children’s eager faces whentheir parents take boiled cakes out of pots,” he said.
Shafinskaya Natalia, a Russian, likes the atmosphere as Vietnamesehurry to prepare for a warm Tet by buying food, cakes, sweets, peach andkumquat trees.
Tet is the biggest and oldestfestival in Vietnam , bringing its people together to celebrate thesacred and meaningful annual event.
Thisis an occasion when members of a family, no matter where they are andwhat they do to earn a living, get together and pray in front of theancestral altar. Their return to home in celebration of Tet is regardedas a journey back to their birthplace.-VNA
Saymay Inthavong, a Lao student inVietnam who has welcomed Tet four times here, is interested inVietnamese traditional dishes and the custom of giving and receivinglucky money.
He also remembers the time when he and his friends went to a pagoda to pray for a happy and healthy new year.
Morishima Hiroki, 24, from Japan was eager to celebrate his firstTet in Vietnam as he wanted to enjoy the festive atmosphere thatengulfed all local families and streets.
Meanwhile, Hiroki’s fellow countryman, Makishi, has enjoyed five Tetfestivals in Vietnam. “I like watching Vietnamese people wrap Chung cake( square glutinous rice cake) and seeing children’s eager faces whentheir parents take boiled cakes out of pots,” he said.
Shafinskaya Natalia, a Russian, likes the atmosphere as Vietnamesehurry to prepare for a warm Tet by buying food, cakes, sweets, peach andkumquat trees.
Tet is the biggest and oldestfestival in Vietnam , bringing its people together to celebrate thesacred and meaningful annual event.
Thisis an occasion when members of a family, no matter where they are andwhat they do to earn a living, get together and pray in front of theancestral altar. Their return to home in celebration of Tet is regardedas a journey back to their birthplace.-VNA
