About Viet nam Tet holiday

1. Viet Nam Tet
holiday

2. ● What is Tet?
● What are Tet activities?
Viet Nam Tet holiday

3. What is Tet?
● The most important celebration in
Vietnamese culture
● Vietnamese version of the Lunar New
Year
● There are 12 animals of the zodiac, and
2017 is the year of Chicken

4. What is Tet?

5. What are Tet activities?
❖ Clean house, or the place you live
❖ Buy some flowers for Tet
➢ Peach blossom is the Tet flower in the North
➢ Apricot blossom is the Tet flower in the South
❖ Make sure nothing is empty in the new year to avoid bad omen (out of
rice, out of food, no money, etc...)
❖ Make or buy “Bánh chưng”, “Bánh tét”, “Mứt” (Tet food)
● Before new year eve

6. What are Tet activities?
● Before new year eve
Cleanning

7. What are Tet activities?
● Before new year eve
Apricot Peach

8. What are Tet activities?
● Before new year eve

9. What are Tet activities?
● New year eve
❖ “Cúng giao thừa” at 12PM.
❖ Fire firework. Firework was banned in 1994

10. What are Tet activities?
● During Tet
❖ Go to the religious places (churches, pagodas) to celebrate new year,
normally right after new year eve
❖ Visit grandparents, relatives
❖ Children send their wishes to parents, grandparents, relatives
❖ Parents, grandparents, relatives usually give children “Lì xì” (lucky money)

11. What are Tet activities?
● During Tet

12. What are Tet activities?
● During Tet

13. What are Tet activities?
● After Tet
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