Cấp sắc Initiation Ritual of the Yao
  • Manage No, Sortation, Country, Writer ,Date, Copyright
    Manage No EE00002705
    Country Vietnam
    ICH Domain Social practices, rituals, festive events
    Address Tuyên Quang Province
    Year of Designation 2013
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Description Conducted only once in the life of every Dao man, so that the village community recognizes them as an adult; officially participate in cultural activities and beliefs of the family. It includes many rituals such as naming yin, three-lamp ceremony, seven-lamp ceremony, 12-lamp ceremony and lamp-wearing ceremony, lamp lowering ceremony, military exchange ceremony, Jade Emperor presentation ceremony, identity ceremony , ancestral thanksgiving... The conduct lasts from one to five days. The implementation date is chosen very carefully. After the monks make vows, carry out procedures, ask for yin and yang, and gods, the person who is granted identity will officially be given a yin name and be recognized as an adult.

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Vietnam National Institute Culture and Arts Studies (VICAS)
http://vicas.org.vn

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