Hello everyone, I promised to tell you more about Tet, since I first wanted to read more about it and ask my friend. She offered to write something about this festival that's so important to Vietnamese people and this is what she wrote: (She likes writing essays, that why it's so long :)) VIETNAMESE TET Among lots of festivals and holidays in Vietnam, Lunar New Year holiday (Tet) is the biggest event. This is an occasion for family gathering to express gratitude, filial piety and other sacred values in family, kin and neighborhood. The full name of Tet is Tet Nguyen Dan. Tet means festival, Nguyen means first and Dan means early. In general, Tet nguyen dan refers to a period of festival at the beginning of the new year. Tet often starts from 23rd Dec
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