Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - A series of cultural activities will be re-enacted speciallyfor Vietnam’s traditional Lunar New Year festival, known locally as Tet,throughout Hanoi’s Old Quarter and pedestrian streets on January 18.
The event will be organised by the Dinh Lang cultural group in collaborationwith the Centre for the Old Quarter's Culture Exchange, marking the 1010thanniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi on October 10 next year, The Voice of Vietnamreported.
The most important ritual will be the erection of Neu pole, a tall bamboo treewith red garment strips used to ward off evil spirits during Tet, at a flowergarden in front of Ngoc Son temple at Hoan Kiem lake. The event will featurelion dances and folk songs from different regions across Vietnam.
The Kim Ngan Temple at 42 Hang Bac street will host a worshiping ritual for thetutelary god, folk singing, and exhibitions of Kim Hoang paintings, Dong Hopaintings, and lion statues.
The Heritage House at 87 Ma May street will be the venue for making Chung cakesand offerings of traditional Tet food to worship ancestors by Hanoi’s families./.
The event will be organised by the Dinh Lang cultural group in collaborationwith the Centre for the Old Quarter's Culture Exchange, marking the 1010thanniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi on October 10 next year, The Voice of Vietnamreported.
The most important ritual will be the erection of Neu pole, a tall bamboo treewith red garment strips used to ward off evil spirits during Tet, at a flowergarden in front of Ngoc Son temple at Hoan Kiem lake. The event will featurelion dances and folk songs from different regions across Vietnam.
The Kim Ngan Temple at 42 Hang Bac street will host a worshiping ritual for thetutelary god, folk singing, and exhibitions of Kim Hoang paintings, Dong Hopaintings, and lion statues.
The Heritage House at 87 Ma May street will be the venue for making Chung cakesand offerings of traditional Tet food to worship ancestors by Hanoi’s families./.
VNA
