“… who can forbid a man to love a woman, who can forbid a mother to love her child; who can forbid a young girl to miss her husband” then “only then will people who are still infatuated with spring stop loving it”.

Spring is coming, the atmosphere of Tet is knocking on the door, each community and region has diverse and unique ways to welcome the New Year!

The Lo Lo ethnic group in Ha Giang believes that at the moment of the new year, if someone brings home something for the new year, they will have good luck and success in business. Therefore, they steal for luck but do not steal much or valuable items.

Or for the Thai ethnic group, when mentioning Tet customs, it is impossible not to mention the soul calling custom that takes place on the evening of the 29th and 30th of Tet. Each family slaughters 2 chickens, one to worship the ancestors, the other to call the souls of everyone in the family.

The traditional Tet holiday of the Gie Trieng people in Kon Tum is also called Cha Cha, meaning eating coal. According to the Gie Trieng people, on Tet, whoever gets a lot of ash from burning coal will have good luck and their crops will grow well and yield a bountiful harvest.

It can be seen that when spring comes, every place in our country has different customs to welcome the new year, each region has its own beauty and uniqueness, but everywhere is bustling and warm. Through thousands of years, Vietnamese Tet still retains its own soul, is still the most important and complete holiday; is still the time when traditions are awakened, honored and spread to all generations.

Follow the Digital Heritage Collection to learn more about the New Year celebrations of ethnic communities in the next articles!