Canh Thân is three years old! I started this blog three years ago, and I’ve decided it is now high time I pay tribute to the musician Canh Thân. Canh Thân was a famous musician in the 1940s, and his stage name is based on his birth year according to the East Asian lunar calendar. […]
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! Chúc các bạn một mùa Trung Thu vui vẻ! The holiday of Mid-Autumn Festival (Trung Thu, also known as Moon Festival in English) falls on the full moon of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, which is said to be the brightest full moon of the year. The eighth lunar month
I said that my last post was the conclusion to my short series about marriage traditions and my own adaptation of them for my wedding years ago, but I wanted to share some sources and readings for readers who may be planning their own wedding or interested in the history of marriage and fashion in
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This post continues a short series about marriage traditions and my own adaptation of them for my wedding years ago. In the early posts, I identified a few defining characteristics of Vietnamese marriage patterns based on the existing research, including patrilocal residence, bride price, arranged marriages, ancestor worship, and the custom of betel chewing. I
This post continues a short series about marriage traditions and my own adaptation of them for my wedding years ago. In the early posts, I identified a few defining characteristics of Vietnamese marriage patterns based on the existing research, including patrilocal residence, bride price, arranged marriages, ancestor worship, and the custom of betel chewing. I
This post continues a short series about marriage traditions and my own adaptation of them for my wedding years ago. In the last two posts, I suggested a couple of ways that Vietnamese living outside of Vietnam can honor their heritage on their wedding day. This post puts forward a more lasting way to carrying
This post continues a short series about marriage traditions and my own adaptation of them for my wedding years ago. In my first two posts, I identified a few defining characteristics of Vietnamese marriage patterns based on the existing research, including patrilocal residence, bride price, arranged marriages, ancestor worship, and the custom of betel chewing.
This post continues a short series about marriage traditions and my own adaptation of them for my wedding years ago. In my first two posts, I identified a few defining characteristics of Vietnamese marriage patterns based on the existing research, including patrilocal residence, bride price, arranged marriages, ancestor worship, and the custom of betel chewing.
This post continues a short series about marriage traditions and my own adaptation of them for my wedding years ago. In the first and second post, I identified a few defining characteristics of Vietnamese marriage patterns and explain how those characteristics are reflected in the marriage ritual, namely, the engagement ceremony and wedding ceremony. This
This post continues a short series about marriage traditions and my own adaptation of them for my wedding years ago. In this post and the previous, I identify a few defining characteristics of Vietnamese marriage patterns and relate them to Vietnamese history and culture more broadly. The last post discussed patrilocal residence, bride price, and
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