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(VOVWORLD) - To preserve Vietnam’s Tet traditions, the Viet Communal House and the Viet Hung Ward’s Youth Association have organized a “Tet Viet 2019” program in Le Mat village, Long Bien district, Hanoi, recreating traditional rituals such as worshipping the Three Kitchen Gods, releasing carps, erecting a Neu Tree, and making Chung cakes.

Preserving Tet tradition - ảnh 1 In recent years, the Tet Viet program has been a familiar event that recreates and preserves Vietnam’s traditional Lunar New Year. 
Preserving Tet tradition - ảnh 2 The program includes activities that have begun to be forgotten in modern life: erecting a Neu Tree, cooking Chung cakes, and organizing rural markets and folk art performances, which draw crowds of domestic and foreign tourists. 
Preserving Tet tradition - ảnh 3 Rituals and festivals are carried out in their original order. 
Preserving Tet tradition - ảnh 4 First come rituals worshipping the village genie, ancestors, and the Three Kitchen Gods. 
Preserving Tet tradition - ảnh 5 The ritual of releasing carps is believed that the carps carry the Three Kitchen Gods to heaven to report to the Heaven King about what has been going on in the family over the past year.
Preserving Tet tradition - ảnh 6  After releasing the carps, a Neu Tree is erected to expel evil spirits and prepare for a new year.
Preserving Tet tradition - ảnh 7 Items including a carp-shaped clay bell, a traditional lantern, and a red cloth are hung on the Neu Tree to wish for good luck. A calligrapher writes a sentence in Nom script that means “Happy New Year”. 
Preserving Tet tradition - ảnh 8 The meaning of the items hung on the Neu Tree are explained to visitors. 
Preserving Tet tradition - ảnh 9  The ceremony of erecting the Neu Tree is attended by many people.
Preserving Tet tradition - ảnh 10 At the foot of the Neu Tree, a bow and arrow are drawn using lime powder, with the arrowhead pointing toward the door to ward off evil spirits. 
Preserving Tet tradition - ảnh 11 Then the festival begins. 
Preserving Tet tradition - ảnh 12  The elders make a toast celebrating the ritual to pray for a good new year.
Preserving Tet tradition - ảnh 13 The festival includes music performances of Ca Tru singing, Cheo, and Xoan singing of Phu Tho. 
Preserving Tet tradition - ảnh 14 Mr. Hoang Ngoc Dau, a 90 year-old Le Mat villager, performs a folk dance. 
Preserving Tet tradition - ảnh 15 Accompanying the performances are other activities such as calligraphic writing and a Tet market. 
Preserving Tet tradition - ảnh 16 Children are introduced to Kim Hoang folk painting.  
Preserving Tet tradition - ảnh 17
Preserving Tet tradition - ảnh 18 A corner of traditional dishes at the Tet market. 
Preserving Tet tradition - ảnh 19 A young Xoan singer performs in a communal house yard. 
Preserving Tet tradition - ảnh 20 Foreign visitors get their pictures taken with Mr. Hoang Ngoc Dau. 
Preserving Tet tradition - ảnh 21 Foreign visitors and children try their hand at making Chung cakes. 
Preserving Tet tradition - ảnh 22 Wearing a traditional Vietnamese ao dai, Erik from the US learns how to make a Chung cake. 
Preserving Tet tradition - ảnh 23 Boiling Chung cakes throughout the night. 
Preserving Tet tradition - ảnh 24 Families erect tents to shelter themselves during the long night of cooking Chung cakes. 
Preserving Tet tradition - ảnh 25 Artists recite poems and perform Xam singing. 
Preserving Tet tradition - ảnh 26  The “Tet Viet 2019” program teach people, particularly young people, to appreciate and help preserve Vietnam’s Tet traditions.

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