Phu the cake (Source: http://www.vietnam-beauty.com) Hanoi (VNA) – Tet custom demands different sortsof cake to offer to the earth, heaven and ancestors. Apart from banh chung (square cake), there aremany other delicacies that have become popular over a thousand or more years.They include phu the cake, muot rolls, and sung trau (buffalo horn) cake.Phu the cakeA well known specialty of Bac Ninh province’sDinh Bang ward, phu the cake, must be on the Tet offering tray, at weddingparties or other major festivals. When spring comes, the cakes are presented inpairs to present to married couples.Le Thi Hien, 86, from Dinh Bang, told Viet NamNews that the making of phu the began in the Ly Dynasty in 1009. People make the popular cake all year round,Hien said, and there are many legends surrounding it. When King Ly Anh Tongwent to the warfront, his queen at home missed him so much, she made a cake andsent it to him. The king enjoyed the cake so much and named it phu the (husbandand wife) cake.There is also the story about a trader who hadto travel far. His wife made the cake for him to take along, saying that“although far away, my love for you is as sweet as the cake.”Another story: while joining a festival of DoTemple, which falls on 14-15-16 of the third lunar month, King Ly Thanh Tongand his queen had been offered specialty cakes by a Dinh Bang young person. TheKing and Queen enjoyed the cake so much and named it phu the.Ever… [Read full story]
Galloping: Horse racing is a festive activity for the Mong ethnic group. — Photo vietnamplus.vn HA NOI — Several festivals held by various ethnic groups will be celebrated at the Culture Tourism Village of Vietnamese Ethnic Groups in Ha Noi next month. During the three-day (February 15-17) event the Sac Xuan Tren Moi Mien To Quoc (Spring in Every Region Nationwide) festival will stage the bumper crop-praying ceremony of the Lo Lo group in Ha Giang Province, the New Year horse racing of the Mong, and the traditional wrestling contest of the Kinh (ethnic majority). In addition, the New Year…... [read more]
(CPV) - When peach and plum branches blossom, signalling the coming of a new spring, the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival is an opportunity for all families to rest and get together after a working year. Each ethnic minority group has its own festivals, customs, beliefs and farming practice. For some ethnic minority groups, Tet festival lasts about half a month, during which time many exciting cultural and community activities take place. Following are traditional Tet festival customs of some ethnic minority groups in Vietnam. Tet festival of Muong ethnic minority In term of sequence and customs, the Tet…... [read more]
A special presentation of traditional costumes of the 54 ethnic groups of Vietnam will be held in Hanoi in November this year. The event is being organized by the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. The organizers expect to attract around 250 Vietnamese male and female participants between 18 and 40 years of age, of minimum height 1.65m for male candidates and 1.55m for female candidates from cities and provinces across the country. Participants will represent their ethnic group with their traditional costumes which will be accessorized with traditional necklaces, bracelets and earrings.…... [read more]
(Cinet)- On October 28, Committee for Ethnic Minorities held a press conference to introduce a program “Demonstration of the first traditional clothes of Vietnam’s ethnic groups 2011”. According, the first Demonstration of traditional clothes of Vietnam’s ethnic groups 2011 will be held at the Vietnamese Ethnic Culture – Tourism Village (Dong Mo, Son Tay town, Hanoi) from November 25-28. 255 contestants, artists, artisans, and people from 54 ethnic groups nationwide will take part in the event. This is the first, original costumes with material, . Mr. Hoang Xuan Luong, Vice chaiman of Ethnic’s Committee, the Head organization said, the event…... [read more]
Almost everyone in Hanoi's Tranh Khuc village is busy at the end of the lunar year making banh chung, the traditional Tet cake made of glutinous rice. The village in Thanh Tri District is renowned for the cake. People at Tranh Khuc village make banh chung. Not only do they don't even need a mold to wrap the banh chung in the exact manner, but also many can make hundreds of them of the same size. (Photo: SGGP) Nguyen Van Dung, a veteran banh chung maker, said 300 households are making the cakes in the village this year, 10 percent…... [read more]
