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Wedding Ceremonies among the Giay Ethnic Group

A marriage ceremony is an important occasion for Giay ethnic people in northern Vietnam’s Lao Cai Province. They consider it a key event in a person’s life, fulfilling their responsibility to continue the ancestral line. They pay less attention to … Continue reading

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Tourists duped by funerary money

Source: Vietnamnet Bridge Funerary money, fake bills burned in ancestor-worship ceremonies, now looks so real that dealers are using it to cheat tourists. Police in Dong Xuan ward in Ha Noi’s Hoan Kiem District caught Le Van Quynh, from northern … Continue reading

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