Red Dao observe Day for Thunderbolt Deity
Red Dao observe Day for Thunderbolt Deity

VOV.VN - The Red Dao have many observances throughout the year, such as abstention day after the Forest Worship on the first day of a New Year and Days of the Wind and Thunderbolt Deities.

Red Dao observe Day for Thunderbolt Deity
Xip Xi Festival of the White Thai
Xip Xi Festival of the White Thai

VOV.VN - The White Thai ethnic minority celebrate their Xip Xi Festival on the 14th day of the 7th lunar month in the leisure time before the fall harvest.

Xip Xi Festival of the White Thai
Traditional costumes of the Lu ethnic minority
Traditional costumes of the Lu ethnic minority

VOV.VN - The Lu ethnic minority of Lai Chau province have long earned their living by growing cotton, raising silkworms, spinning thread and weaving fabrics.

Traditional costumes of the Lu ethnic minority
Wedding customs of the Ha Nhi ethnic group
Wedding customs of the Ha Nhi ethnic group

VOV.VN - Expressing one’s love through music, running away to the beloved’s house, and scaling money on the wedding day are some of the unique wedding customs of the Ha Nhi ethnic people in Muong Te district, Lai Chau province.

Wedding customs of the Ha Nhi ethnic group
Stick puppetry of the Tay
Stick puppetry of the Tay

VOV.VN -  The Tay often stage stick puppetry at their New Year’s celebration and also at the Going to the Field Festival, a custom that has existed for more than 200 years. 

Stick puppetry of the Tay
Silver in the life of Thai people
Silver in the life of Thai people

VOV.VN - The Thai people living in Vietnam’s northwestern region highly treasure silver. They use and gift silver jewelry and products at important events such as weddings and religious ceremonies.

Silver in the life of Thai people
Indigo clothes of the Tay
Indigo clothes of the Tay

VOV.VN - Indigo is a dominant color of clothes of many Vietnamese ethnic groups. The Tay in the northern region say that the tradition of using the indigo plant to dye fabric is derived from a folktale of the faithful love of a young couple.

Indigo clothes of the Tay
Hanoi, the home of the quintessential craft villages
Hanoi, the home of the quintessential craft villages

VOV.VN - Known as the land of traditional crafts, Hanoi has the highest number of craft villages in Vietnam: 1,350, nearly one-third of the total number.

Hanoi, the home of the quintessential craft villages
Ba Pho Music House, special space to preserve traditional musical instruments
Ba Pho Music House, special space to preserve traditional musical instruments

VOV.VN - The “Ba Pho Music House” is a special space to preserve traditional musical instruments which serves as a tourism destination for visitors to Hanoi and also helps introduce musician Ba Pho, the founder of the troupe, to the public.

Ba Pho Music House, special space to preserve traditional musical instruments
The Si La's unique costume
The Si La's unique costume

VOV.VN - With a population of about 1,000 people, the Si La are one of the 5 smallest ethnic groups in Vietnam. 

The Si La's unique costume
Costumes of Mong women in Ha Giang
Costumes of Mong women in Ha Giang

VOV.VN - Language, writing, and costumes are important identifications to differentiate Vietnam’s ethnic groups.

Costumes of Mong women in Ha Giang
Gongs and drums of the Co Tu
Gongs and drums of the Co Tu

VOV.VN - Gongs and drums are the most popular musical instruments of the Co Tu in Tay Giang district, Quang Nam province. They are used in community events.

Gongs and drums of the Co Tu
Mong ethnic people cultivate on rocks
Mong ethnic people cultivate on rocks

VOV.VN - "Live on rocks and die buried in rocks". That is how people from the Mong Meo Vac ethnic group define their identity. If you ever have the opportunity to visit the Mong villages in Dong Van, Yen Minh, and Quan Ba districts in the northern mountain province of Ha Giang, you will truly understand that quote.

Mong ethnic people cultivate on rocks
Wood, a treasured symbol of love by Gie Trieng women
Wood, a treasured symbol of love by Gie Trieng women

VOV.VN - Wood plays an important role in Gie Trieng’s marriage customs and the Et Rok wedding ceremony of the Bahnar.

Wood, a treasured symbol of love by Gie Trieng women
Che jars in the Ede’s life
Che jars in the Ede’s life

VOV.VN - The Ede ethnic minority people in the Central Highlands have developed rich cultural values, which are closely associated with terraced field cultivation.

Che jars in the Ede’s life
Ede ethnic people preserve traditional brocade weaving craft
Ede ethnic people preserve traditional brocade weaving craft

VOV.VN - The Ede ethnic people have long been proud of their brocade weaving and are trying to preserve the traditional craft  amid the rapid industrialization, modernization, and fashion changes.

Ede ethnic people preserve traditional brocade weaving craft
Shoulder bamboo basket of Thai women
Shoulder bamboo basket of Thai women

VOV.VN - Thai women in Vietnam’s northwest region always wear shoulder bamboo baskets when they work in terraced fields or go to the forest to pick vegetables and fruit.

Shoulder bamboo basket of Thai women
Hue festival revives traditional craft
Hue festival revives traditional craft

VOV.VN - Themed "The quintessence of Vietnamese crafts", Hue Traditional Craft Festival introduced and promoted Vietnam’s traditional handicraft items and specialties.    

Hue festival revives traditional craft
New rice ceremony of the M’nong Gar
New rice ceremony of the M’nong Gar

VOV.VN - Performing a new rice ceremony is a very old custom among the ethnic groups who live in Vietnam’s Truong Son mountain range in the Central Highlands.

New rice ceremony of the M’nong Gar
Jarai’s unique Po Thi funeral custom
Jarai’s unique Po Thi funeral custom

VOV.VN - Po Thi, the Jarai custom of building a larger charnel house for a deceased person before seeing them off to the world of Gods, takes place between January and April each year.

Jarai’s unique Po Thi funeral custom
Co Lao ethnic group
Co Lao ethnic group

VOV.VN - The Co Lao, one of Vietnam’s 54 ethnic minority groups, has about 3,000 people. The group settled in Vietnam about 200 years ago and now lives mainly in the northern mountainous region.

Co Lao ethnic group
Water resource ceremony of the Ede
Water resource ceremony of the Ede

VOV.VN - The Ede ethnic minority people think that every water resource is managed by a genie. After each harvest and before each new crop, the Ede thank their water genies for blessing them with good weather and lots of luck. This shows their respect for water, the source of life.

Water resource ceremony of the Ede
New rice ceremony of the La Ha
New rice ceremony of the La Ha

VOV.VN - The La Ha ethnic minority lives in Vietnam’s northwestern region where they farm and perform some unique customs and rituals, including a ceremony of new rice worshipping to remind the younger generation to appreciate rice.

New rice ceremony of the La Ha
Vietnam’s craft villages practice progenitor worship custom
Vietnam’s craft villages practice progenitor worship custom

VOV.VN - The worship of progenitors, a fundamental tradition of Vietnamese craft villages, expresses villagers’ gratitude for those who created jobs for locals.

Vietnam’s craft villages practice progenitor worship custom
“Tang cau”, a special wedding ritual of the Black Thai
“Tang cau”, a special wedding ritual of the Black Thai

VOV.VN - A Black Thai woman in Vietnam’s northwestern region ties her hair into a tall bun on top of her head to indicate that she has got married. A ritual is held to comb and tie up her hair before she goes to her husband’s house.

“Tang cau”, a special wedding ritual of the Black Thai
Che worship of the Ede
Che worship of the Ede

VOV.VN - The Ede ethnic group in the Central Highlands consider the Che, a big jar, a symbol of family wealth and prosperity. A Che full of alcohol is an indispensable item at all worship ceremonies.

Che worship of the Ede
Jarai people’s Pran mat craft
Jarai people’s Pran mat craft

VOV.VN - The Jarai people in Gia Lai province have maintained many traditional handicrafts, such as weaving brocade fabric and making musical instruments, bamboo papooses, and pineapple-leaf mats.

Jarai people’s Pran mat craft
Muong Vang ethnic people’s offering tray dedicated to ancestors
Muong Vang ethnic people’s offering tray dedicated to ancestors

VOV.VN - Lunar New Year is one of the biggest festivals of the year for Muong Vang ethnic people in Lac Son district, Hoa Binh province. On the first days of the year, Muong Vang people conduct traditional ancestor worship rituals.

Muong Vang ethnic people’s offering tray dedicated to ancestors
Buoc hamlet preserves Thai ethnic minority culture
Buoc hamlet preserves Thai ethnic minority culture

VOV.VN - Buoc hamlet in Kham Xoe village, Hoa Binh province, is famous for its unspoiled natural landscape and primitive Thai ethnic minority population. Since it became an ecological and community tourism area in 2007, the hamlet has been attracting a growing number of visitors.

Buoc hamlet preserves Thai ethnic minority culture
Aza, new rice celebration of the Pako
Aza, new rice celebration of the Pako

VOV.VN - In the last month of the lunar year, ethnic people in A Luoi mountain district of Thua Thien Hue province celebrate Aza, the New Rice Festival. It’s one of the most sacred religious events of the Pako and Ta Oi groups.

Aza, new rice celebration of the Pako