In Vietnam, there are three main funeral rituals: funeral visitation, ceremony and then burial. However, not all religious traditions follow this pattern. The following rituals are common to most Buddhists but will differ slightly from the customs of the MienTay, Vietnamese and Taoist people.
Dancing to break the coffin to keep the spirit from the devil The coffin-breaking dance (also known as the coffin-breaking) is a cultural feature with a typical identity of the Southern region. The dance breaking the coffin, according to the concept of the indigenous people, aims to keep the soul of the deceased on the way to the golden stream from being surrounded and captured by the…
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