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Culture of Vietnam
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The list Culture of Vietnam includes
Ghost Festival, Prix de l'Indochine, Areca nut, Courtesy name and Popular music of Vietnam.
The list consists of 18 members
and 37 sublists.
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Ghost Festival
traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival
Overview: The Ghost Festival or Hungry Ghost Festival, also known as the Zhongyuan Festival in Taoism and the Yulanpen Festival in Buddhism, is a traditional festival held in certain East and Southeast Asian co ...
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2.Overview: The Prix de l'Indochine (1914, 1920–1938) was a French colonial art prize established, originally as a one-off prize in 1910, and awarded 1914, by Antony Klobukowski [fr], Gouverneur ... 0
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Posthumous name
honorary name given to royalty, nobles, and sometimes others, after the person's deathOverview: A posthumous name is an honorary name given mainly to revered dead people in East Asian culture. It is predominantly used in Asian countries such as China, Korea, Vietnam, Japan, Malaysia and Thailand ... 0
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Betel
mild stimulant, similar to caffeine or nicotine
Overview: Betel (Piper betle) is a species of flowering plant in the pepper family Piperaceae, native to Southeast Asia. It is an evergreen, dioecious vine, with glossy heart-shaped leaves and white catkins. Betel ... 0
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Areca nut
the seed of the areca palm
Overview: The areca nut (or) or betel nut is the fruit of the areca palm (Areca catechu). The palm is originally native to the Philippines, but was carried widely through the tropics by the Austronesian migrations ... 0
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Courtesy name
Name bestowed upon one at adulthood in addition to one's given name in East Asian cultures
Overview: A courtesy name (Chinese: 字; pinyin: zì; 'character'), also known as a style name, is an additional name bestowed upon individuals at adulthood, complementing their given name. This tradition ... 0
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Overview: The Western-influenced popular music of Vietnam (Tân nhạc Việt Nam, "New music of Vietnam") developed from the 1940s–1980s.Nationality: VietnameseOccupation: Songwriter 0
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Hùng Kings' Festival
Vietnamese festival
Overview: The Hùng Kings' Temple Festival (Vietnamese: Giỗ Tổ Hùng Vương or Lễ hội đền Hùng) is a Vietnamese festival held annually from the 1st to the 10th day of the third lunar month in honor of the Hùng Vương ... 0
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Temple name
name bestowed to a monarch after death (East Asia)Overview: Temple names are posthumous titles accorded to monarchs of the Sinosphere for the purpose of ancestor worship. The practice of honoring monarchs with temple names began during the Shang dynasty in China ... 0
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East Asian age reckoning
type of age expression method in East Asia
Overview: Traditional East Asian age reckoning covers a group of related methods for reckoning human ages practiced in the East Asian cultural sphere, where age is the number of calendar years in which a person ... 0
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Cải lương
form of modern folk opera in Vietnam
Overview: Tuồng cải lương (Hán-Nôm: 從改良) often referred to as Cải lương (Chữ Hán: 改良), roughly "reformed theater") is a form of modern folk opera in Vietnam. It blends southern Vietnamese folk songs, classical music ... 0
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Paan
Hindi word for betel used for a stimulating and psychoactive preparation combined with areca nut and/or cured tobacco
Overview: Betel nut chewing, also called betel quid chewing or areca nut chewing, is a practice in which areca nuts (also called "betel nuts") are chewed together with slaked lime and betel leaves for their stimulant ... 0
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V sign
hand gesture involving the index and middle fingers forming a "V" shape
Overview: The V sign is a hand gesture in which the index and middle fingers are raised and parted to make a V shape while the other fingers are clenched. It has various meanings, depending on the circumstances ... 0
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Reunion dinner
Celebration tradition in Vietnam and ChinaOverview: A reunion dinner (Chinese: 年夜饭, 团年饭 or 团圆饭) is held on Chinese New Year's Eve and Chinese New Year, during which family members get together to celebrate. It is often considered the most important ... 0
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Tết Trung Nguyên
traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival
Overview: The Ghost Festival or Hungry Ghost Festival, also known as the Zhongyuan Festival in Taoism and the Yulanpen Festival in Buddhism, is a traditional festival held in certain East and Southeast Asian co ... 0
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The Children of Mon and Man
2008 Vietnamese epic poetry by Bùi Viêt Hoa
Overview: The Children of Mon and Man (Vietnamese: Con cháu Mon Mân) is an epic poem based on Vietnamese folk poetry and mythology, published in 2008 by Vietnamese linguist Bùi Viêt Hoa [fi]. The epic is ... 0
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East Asian cultural sphere
grouping of countries and regions that were historically influenced by the culture of China
Overview: The Sinosphere, also known as the Chinese cultural sphere, East Asian cultural sphere, or the Sinic world, encompasses multiple countries in East Asia and Southeast Asia that were historically heavily ... 0
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Northern and southern Vietnam
Regions of Vietnam
Overview: Northern Vietnam, Central Vietnam and Southern Vietnam are the three main historical, geographical and cultural regions within Vietnam. Each region consists of subregions, with considerable cultural ... 0
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