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The Vietnamese New Year
The most important, also the most sumptuous, celebration for the Vietnamese people is the Vietnamese New Year holiday, also known as Tet. ... Preparations for Vietnamese New Year take a considerable amount of effort and time. ...
Preparation for Tet starts weeks before New Year’s Day. ... What are the reasons that make Vietnamese people worship them? ... During the week when the gods are in Heaven, the Vietnamese are afraid that their homes are without protection. ... This custom finds its origins in the Buddhist legend “The Tet of the Woodcutter,” according to which the first Vietnamese had to confront evil spirits. Because of this legend on the day of Tet, the Vietnamese offer fruits, foods, miniature travel equipment paper costumes, and anything else that might help in the trip toward Heaven. ...
Tet begins on December 30th, an important day of the year. ... My brothers and I have to bring the foods and place them on the altar, and we get ready for the New Year’s Eve ceremony. ... That is what’s so pleasing about New Year for me. ... ”
That last three days of the New Year Celebration are January 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. ... My family is Buddhist, so some of us go to our favorite pagoda to pray for a good year.
Approximate Word count = 1046
Approximate Pages = 4.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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