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Some lores in Vietnam:

So far, Vietnam – a Western country with many tradition and custom, has own lores. This
essay will show you some of them:
1. Abstain from sweeping the house and taking out the trash on Tet holiday
Many people spread word of mouth to each other, if you sweep the house in 3
days, all the luck and fortune at the beginning of the year will drift out of the house.
Therefore, on the afternoon of the 30th of the New Year, families often clean up so
that the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd days do not have to clean. If they did, Vietnamese people
often sweep into a corner of the house, wait for all 3 days of Tet, or until the day of
worship to bring grandparents, they begin to collect and dump.
2. Differences between the Southern and Northern:
- Hanoi often values and preserves what belongs to tradition, modern Saigon has
a more modern life
- In daily communication, Hanoians value etiquette and rules, while Saigonese
live more comfortably and are somewhat informal.
- Drunk in Hanoi often has to leave early, while in Saigon, it is common to drink
overnight.
3. Gathering on Mid-Autumn. (15/7 – moon calender)
The meaning of Mid-Autumn Festival customs to Vietnamese people is reunion.
On this happy day, everyone in the family gathers together to eat moon cakes,
enjoy tea, chat, and make offerings to the ancestors. And Mid-Autumn Festival is
also known as Children's Day. The custom of Mid-Autumn Festival is unknown
since when, over thousands of years, the moon is also a sacred symbol for
Vietnamese people. The shape of a full or waning moon is associated with joy,
sadness, reunion, and parting. Therefore, the full moon is a symbol of reunion and
the Mid-Autumn Festival is called the reunion festival.