(VOVWORLD) - After the harvest, the Pa Co people in Quang Tri province prepare to welcome the spring and conduct a worship ritual to honor their sacred connection with the Mountain God. This ceremony, which has been practiced for centuries, is a way to express gratitude to the Mountain God for protecting the villagers.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ca Dong, a branch of the Xo-Dang ethnic minority group, live primarily in Nam Tra My district, Quang Nam province. The Ca Dong have always revered water resources as the prime source of life. Every year, at the end of November or the beginning of December, when the harvest season has ended, the Ca Dong conduct a ceremony to worship the water trough.

(VOVWORLD) - Kin Pang Then is one of the important folk rituals of the White Thai ethnic minority in northwestern provinces. The festival celebrates the adopted children of the shamans.

(VOVWORLD) - During the last days of the year, the Pa Co ethnic minority people in A Luoi district, Thua Thien-Hue province, perform traditional rites to celebrate the A Za festival.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s Cho Ro ethnic group live mainly in Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc, and Ba Ria-Vung Tau province. The worship of the Goddess of Rice, Sayangva, reflects the harmony between humans and nature and people’s wish for a sufficient, happy life.

(VOVWORLD) - In the grave abandonment ceremony of the Jrai ethnic group in the Central Highlands, there is a sacred rite in which people smear themselves with mud to disguise themselves as mud ghosts. Mud ghosts are good spirits who can protect their dead relatives.

(VOVWORLD) - The Muong ethnic people in Hanoi live mainly in Quoc Oai, Thach That, Ba Vi, and My Duc district. They have maintained their traditional customs, culture, costumes, cuisine, folk beliefs, and folk arts, including mo ritual, sung epics, proverbs, riddles, and musical instruments, the best know of which is the gong.

(VOVWORLD) - The Tac xinh dance of the San Chay ethnic minority groupis often performed for tourists who visit Thai Nguyen province. The dance is associated with the ritual of praying for a good harvest and to thank the gods for bumper crops and a prosperous life.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ede ethnic minority people in the Central Highlands observe many rituals in their life cycle. The bronze bracelet removal ceremony recognizes an Ede boy or girl as an adult, entitling them to participate and make decisions in family and community affairs.

(VOVWORLD) - The Xa Phang are one of the ethnic minority groups living in Tua Chua district, Dien Bien province. Ta Phang people uphold their traditions and customs in their daily lives. The women still make clothes for their family by hand.