Today is Tet Doan Ngo Festival - Tet of killing insects in Vietnam
What is Tet Doan Ngo?
Tet Doan Ngo Festival is a traditional event in some countries such as China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Japan and Vietnam on May, 5th in the lunar calendar. Tet Doan Ngo Festival has existed for a long time in Eastern culture and has an influence on cultural activities. Doan means opening, Ngo is the period from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and celebrating Tet Doan Ngo means having a party at noon. In Vietnam, Tet Doan Ngo is also known as Tet of killing insects. It is the day when people go out to the fields to kill insects that damage crops.
Main activities
On the day of Tet Doan Ngo, people often wake up early to go to the market to buy items to prepare for ancestor worship and family luncheon. Therefore, the market will usually be very crowded in the early morning of Tet Doan Ngo. People often make offerings to their ancestors to invite their ancestors to have lunch with them and prepare an outdoor offering tray to pray for favorable weather and less insects for a bountiful harvest.
To cleanse the body, many people bathe the leaves of a very fragrant plant whose name I do not know. Many people in the coastal areas also go to the beach at noon. According to folklore, yang qi is strongest of the year on this day, and leaves picked during this time have the best healing effects. People worship during this time to pray for peace.
What to eat on this day?
Ash cake has become a traditional dish in the South Central and South Vietnam. Ash cake is made from rice that is soaked in ash water. Ash water is mixed from water and ashes from burning dry plants or straw. Ash cake is wrapped in banana leaves. Ash cake is easy to eat and digest, it is often eaten with sugar or honey.
In the North, people often make dishes from duck, especially duck blood soup. Therefore, the markets in the North and the North Central region in the days before and on Tet Doan Ngo are often very busy with the trading of live ducks.
Sticky rice wine is also a favorite dish of many people during Tet Doan Ngo. Many people believe that drinking or eating sticky rice wine can kill "insects" and diseases in their bodies.
Lotus seed sweet soup cooked with tapioca flour and black bean sweet soup have a cooling effect on the body. The weather in early May is hot, which easily causes heat diseases, lotus seed and black bean sweet soup are chosen by many families as desserts.
Now I have to help my family prepare our luncheon for Tet Doan Ngo...Have a nice day!
Yay! 🤗
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