Overseas Vietnamese in Russia celebrate the Vu Lan festival

(VOVworld) – The Association of Vietnamese Buddhist followers in Russia organized the Vu Lan festival - a Buddhist ritual on Saturday.

Overseas Vietnamese in Russia celebrate the Vu Lan festival - ảnh 1

Vu Lan ceremony is observed on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month to pay debt of gratitude to their parents.

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Superior Monk Thich Minh Hien, Deputy Head of the Culture Department of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha, hosted the rite and talked about the meaning of the Vu Lan festival.

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This year’s ceremony was of great significance for overseas Vietnamese because it was organized for the first time in the newly inaugurated Vietnamese Buddhist Center in Moscow.

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