This is the second year, Xaiyathome Khounmy, a third-year student of the Da Nang University of Economics, has stayed in the dormitory to welcome Tet, while most students of the university return home to welcome Tet with their families.
“This is the second time I have stayed in Vietnam to welcome Tet with my friends, adoptive mother and aunt. Last time I stayed at my aunt’s home, near Lao Bao border gate in Quang Tri province. The Tet in Vietnam is very happy and bustling, mostly focused towards the traditional values. I like the atmosphere at the New Year’s Eve of Vietnamese people most, all family together in lively discussions besides pot of green “chung” cake, candy and melon seeds. In general, it is very impressive and leaves unforgettable memories in my mind,” he shared.
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Xaiyathome Khounmy, third-year student and Ounsivixay Malyvan, |
Staying in Vietnam to welcome Tet, many Lao students are eager to take part in the atmosphere on the days near the Lunar New Year. Many plan to go sightseeing around Da Nang and neighbouring provinces. Many foreign students like the image of welcoming the Lunar New Year Festival with a clean house and beautiful streets.With only two vacations, summer holiday and Lunar New Year Festival, foreign students really miss home. However, to experience Tet in Vietnam, many Lao students have received invitations to welcome the Lunar New Year Festival with classmates’ families in Vietnam.
Through experience, many students feel Vietnam’s Tet is special. However, it is similar to Lao’s traditional New Year Festival, called Bunpimay, on April 13-16, with customs such as going to pagoda to offer incense, offer to Buddha, and decorating houses with fresh flowers. Customs different from the Vietnamese Tet include bathing Buddha, splashing water and tying thread on the wrists of the old and babies to wish good luck on the New Year Festival.
Staying in Vietnam to welcome Tet is also a chance for Lao students to better understand the manners and customs of Vietnam, such as lucky money, releasing animals, the first caller on New Year’s Day, and cleaning and decorating the ancestral graves.
Khing Kham Savatmixay, a student studying master’s degree on education management at the Da Nang University of Education, eagerly talks about Vietnamese Tet. He usually attends cultural exchanges, Lao-Vietnam cuisine exchange, New Year Festival organized at the dormitories of the Da Nang University of Education, Da Nang University of Technology, so he is impressed with Vietnamese cuisine.
“I remember the first time I welcomed Tet in Vietnam. My friend and I went to pagoda, offered incense and cleaned and decorated the ancestral graves. I attended the New Year’s Eve Party, which was very delicious. The party of Vietnamese people is very beautiful, including five fruits, fresh flower, food, pig’s head, chicken, duck, soup and fried vegetable. It is different from Laos, there is only fruit,” Khing said.
Ounsivixay Malyvan, first-year student of the Da Nang University of Education, has been in Vietnam for four months but she can speak Vietnamese language fluently. she is very eager when listening to other students talking about Vietnamese Tet. Even in Laos, Ounsivixay has happily welcomed Tet together with overseas Vietnamese, so he decides to stay in Vietnam to welcome Tet.
It is sure that the Vietnamese Tet is very happy because other students talk about Tet excitedly. It is more than a week until Tet, but streets are bustling, clean and decorated with various flowers. During Tet, I intend to visit my teachers, together with my Vietnamese friends go to pagoda, clean and decorate the ancestral graves, enjoy New Year’s Eve party, celebrate the New Year’s Eve, watch fireworks to more understand the culture of Vietnam. When I return the homeland, I will have many memories to talk to my parents and Laos friends about Vietnam, especially on the traditional Vietnamese Tet,” Uunsivixay said.
The Vietnamese Tet for Lao students is rich in traditional values. Memories about welcoming the Lunar New Year Festival in Vietnam will remain in Lao students’ minds as unforgettable impressions.
“I love the country of Vietnam and I consider it as my second homeland. On these days, the atmosphere in Vietnamese families is very warm, reunion of family. I hope interesting and great things will happen when I stay in Vietnam to welcome Tet this year,” Khing shared
Vietnamese Tet in Lao students’ eyes
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