(VOVworld) – The Giay have diverse genres of folk singing. The lyrics are about legends, natural and social phenomena, love, and life. Community singing sessions always rally all villagers in the...
(VOVworld)- The Giay ethnic minority people pay special attention to children. When a baby is born, it’s a great joy to the whole family and clan. Their expectation for...
(VOVworld) – The Giay people in every hamlet organize a “Going to the field” festival in the first lunar month to pray for peace, a bumper crop, prosperity, and good weather....
(VOVworld) – The Giay people care a great deal about marriage and the continuation of the family line. Their least concern is a family’s wealth or poverty. For them, the most important...
(VOVworld) – The Giay ethnic group, which has about 38,000 people, lives mainly in Lao Cai, Ha Giang, Lai Chau, and Cao Bang provinces. They are called by different names such as Dang,...
(VOVworld) - Like many other ethnic groups, the Tay people consider marriage an important event of the family and the whole clan. They uphold several marriage rules and rituals. The man has...
(VOVworld) – At the beginning of the lunar year, about 200 Long tong, Going to the field, festivals are organized in Tay hamlets in Lang Son province. The festival takes place...
(VOVworld) – The Tay in Lang Son are cheerfully celebrating the Lunar New Year festival, the most important event of the year. To the boisterous sounds of gongs and drums, the...
(VOVworld) - The Nang Hai, which means Second Damsel or Damsel of the Moon, festival is a time-honored festival reflecting ancient Vietnamese people’s hope for fertility. VOV introduces highlights...
(VOVworld) – The Tay people believe that during a person’s lifespan he must meet all his relatives in 4 ritual ceremonies: his 1st month ceremony as a newborn, his wedding, his housewarming...
(VOVworld) – “Then” is a ritual singing and dancing genre of the Tay. Female and male Then singers perform Then in front of the altars at sacred places. The Tay in Binh Lieu, Quang...
(VOVworld) – Ha Thanh, a community-based cultural tourism village in Phuong Do commune, Ha Giang province, has preserved several traditional stilt-houses of the Tay. The stilt-house reveals several...
(VOVworld) – Chestnuts grown in Trung Khanh district, Cao Bang province, have long been considered the best in Vietnam. But recently people in several northern provinces and Hanoi have a new appreciation for...
(VOVworld) – With around 1.7 million people, the Tay are the biggest ethnic minority group in Vietnam. They live mainly in Vietnam’s northern and northwestern provinces - Cao Bang, Bac Can, Lang Son,...
(VOVworld) – Living close to nature, the Bana have made many musical instruments from available materials like stone, wood, bamboo, rattan, leaves, and dried gourds. The hand-made musical instruments have...
(VOVworld) – Grave statues are typical cultural feature of ethnic groups in the Central Highlands. Grave statues of the Bana are not just folk artifacts but contain a philosophy of life
(VOVworld) – The Bana organize a buffalo sacrifice festival to worship the genies, celebrate a bumper crop or other important events during the year, or welcome a new spring
(VOVworld) – Adult Bana people periodically organize a thanksgiving ceremony to thank their parents for giving birth to them and bringing them up. VOV’s reporter To Tuan talks about this...
(VOVworld) – A peace worshipping ceremony is one of the oldest rituals of the Bana people, who pray for good health, prosperity, no war, no disease, and no disasters in the...
(VOVworld) – The Bana have an aged-old tradition of brocade weaving. Their handmade products have elegant patterns and colors which reflect their rich culture and spiritual life