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January 2025
Tết craft workshop (p.m session) – mini Tet calligraphy hangings
A REPEAT OF THE MORNING WORKSHOP There are many symbolic and important practices in the run up to and during Tet. One of them are the Tet calligraphy hangings. At this time of year people may want some particular characters, in which their wishes and dreams for the new year are laid out – such as phúc (Happiness), lộc phát (fortune), lộc (wealth), thọ (longevity), Đức (Virtue) and so on.... which is what people strive to achieve in the coming…
Find out more »Through the eyes of the blind community: RB Centre ENG conversation volunteer group
Supporting blind children with life skills at the RB Centre. FVH is one very big community of like-minded people who adore Vietnamese culture, history and heritage. And we include a huge number of nationalities from every continent. Besides culture and heritage activities, we really appreciate community service and want to contribute our real action to developing our world. Then, we met RB centre while we accompanied the surgery program for disabled children 2023-2024 with Center 2. RB is a unique…
Find out more »Craft workshop – ethnic minority textile cat and tiger craft workshop – FULL
THIS WORKHSOP IS NOW FULL PLEASE RSVP FOR THE WAITING LIST. THANKS In 2023 we started to run some workshops with Huyen of Textile Linker fame. She teamed up with Thuy who founded Chie Dù Pù Dù Pà in Hang Trong street to run craft workshops. Huyen is busy with many of her own projects at the moment but we are starting to run workshops again with Chie. This January we are making 2 little textile animals - a cat…
Find out more »Craft workshop: painting on glass (for Tết) – 2 spaces
AS OF A.M 7 JANUARY MAX 2 SPACES LEFT We run a number of art workshops with 2 young artists Linh and Nhung, who graduated from the Fine Arts University 2-3 years ago. They are often creating new workshops that we love to try out. For this month we have a new workshop – painting on glass. And as it’s the month of Tết images will be Tết-focused. Using patterns we draw directly onto the glass, drawing out the outline…
Find out more »Lecture: Tết Lunar New Year Traditions – The Kitchen God (Ông Táo) – nearly full
OUR ANNUAL TET EVENT – THE LEGEND OF THE KITCHEN GOD Held on Kitchen God day (22 January 2025, 23 December lunar calendar) Governed by tradition, taboos and legends, Tết Nguyên Đán welcomes the Lunar New Year and spring’s arrival. It is Vietnam’s most important festival and public holiday. The lunar and solar calendars are linked in Vietnam. The former dictates the observance of festivals and rituals according to cycles of the moon. Hence, Tết dates are not fixed. The New Year starts on…
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