Traditional food and clothes

Tet HOLIDAY

Sticky rice cake

- Invented by prince Lang Lieu in
the 6th Hung Vuong dynasty
- Made from glutinous rice, mung bean and pork, added with many other ingredients. Is covered by green leaves (usually banana leaves) and symbolizes the Earth
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2. Sticky rice
- Xoi in Tet holidays can be seen in many forms: diXoi Lac (sticky rice with peanuts), Xoi Dau Xanh di di(sticky rice with mung bean), Xoi Gac (sticky rice diwith special “gac” fruit)
Xoi Gac symbolizes the luck and
dinew achievement for the New
diYear
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3. Vietnamese sausage
Vietnamese people make Gio from
lean meat, added fish sauce and
covered by leaves then boiled for hours. Cha is also di made of lean pork and ingredients, but Cha is not di wrapped by leaves and boiled but deep-fried in oil
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4. Boiled chicken
- Boiled chicken are always go with sliced lemon leaves diand salt-and-pepper sauce, as a tradition. Chicken di di di(especially bones, legs and heads) can be used to prepare dithe broths for other soups
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5. Candied fruits
Usually dried fruits and some kind of seeds (pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, watermelon seeds)
This once-in-year mix of snack is
very large in variety, with so many
tastes: ginger, carrot, coconut,
pineapple, pumpkin, lotus seed, star
fruit, sweet potato
1. Ao dai
For both men and women
Usually wear in solemn festival
Perhaps there is no prescribed
text says that Ao dai is the
Vietnamese women’s national clothes,
but in fact, when anyone mention Vietnamese women, dithey can’t forget Ao dai
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2. Ao ba ba
- The Ao ba ba simply consists of a pair of silk pants and a dilong-sleeved, button-down silk shirt. The shirt will be a bit long and split at the sides of the waist, forming two flaps. In the front of the shirt at the very bottom are typically two pockets
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3. Ao tu than
-The Ao tu than is considered one of
Vietnam`s enduring relics, having
been worn widely by women centuries
before the Ao dai. As Vietnam
expanded southward, Ao tu than
gradually became associated
specifically with northern women
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4. Conical hat (Non la)
- Along with the graceful Ao dai, the 
hat has become a sort of informal Vietnamese national symbol that is recognized worldwide.
- Has a conical shape, made of straw and is kept on the
head by a silk cloth chin trap that keeps the hat from
slipping out of the wearer`s head
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4. Sole sisters (Guoc moc)
From Ba Trieu`s ivory clogs
to clogs made of bamboo,
wood and plastic, this simple
footwear has covered a lot
of ground on Vietnam

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