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MEMORABLE MUSIC, MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL EDITION: THE JOY OF LANTERNS AND MOONCAKES IN ĐỨC QUỲNH’S “PARADE OF LANTERNS IN THE EIGHTH MONTH”

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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 […]

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5. WHEN HISTORIANS GET MARRIED: 4 MORE WAYS TO HONOR YOUR VIETNAMESE HERITAGE ON YOUR WEDDING DAY

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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 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.

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