Traditionally, the Vietnamese New year is the lunar New Year Festival. It is the most important Vietnamese holiday, and it is called “ Tet Nguyen Dan”. It is a celebration which combines the excitement of the Fourth of July, thanksgiving, C

Another important aspect of Tet is that families visit the Pagoda or church to pray for good fortune and happiness. It does not matter what religion they belong to. They have to come to their temple to pray that they and their families will have a good New Year. In the countryside the ceremonies include a tilling event to insure a plentiful harvest after the spring planting. The temples are open all day long for seven days. Usually Americans do not go to churches on the New Year, unless it falls on a Sunday. It is not important to them and it is not the harvest time either.

hristmas and the beginning of spring as well as the New Year. The traditional Vietnamese calendar runs in cycles of twelve years. A genie, in the form of an animal figure, dominates each year. They are in the following order: mouse, buffalo, tiger, cat, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, cock, dog, and hog. As the old year gives way to the new year, the ruling genie quietly bows out to the next genie. To recognize its importance, Vietnamese ancestors invented many rituals, rules and regulations in its honor. Each family has a designated person to enforce tradition. According to our tradition, what happens the first three days of every lunar year determines yo

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