The custom of catching a wife, catching a husband, stealing for luck and other unique things is only found in ethnic groups in Vietnam

In the West of Nghe An, the custom of capturing wives is still preserved by the people here, as a unique cultural feature of their nation. For the Mong people of Nghe An, capturing a wife is to enhance the value of a woman.

The customs of Vietnam's ethnic minorities are an endless topic. There are many interesting cultural phenomena and events in all 54 ethnic groups. The beauties in the clothes, in the drinks, in the food, in the ways of worship, the way of celebrating birthdays, the unique routines in funerals, funerals, weddings... traditional cultural significance. Therefore, some people have said that, in order to understand the traditional culture of the communities, it is necessary to learn through the customs.

The custom of catching a wife

In the West of Nghe An, the custom of capturing wives is still preserved by the people here, as a unique cultural feature of their nation. For the Mong people of Nghe An, capturing a wife is to enhance the value of a woman.

Ever since the custom of capturing a wife of the Mong people, no one remembers. Just know that, when the age of the millet, boys and girls date in the fields, on the slopes of the mountains in four seasons, all kinds of forest flowers bloom. Spring is the dating season, when the love is ripe enough, the Hmong will have a wedding ceremony, but before the official wedding ceremony takes place, the Hmong couples will have to go through a very special "rite". The boys will find a way to catch and bring the g.irl they love home.

For the Mong people, the custom of capturing wives is also a way for boys to show their bravery and wisdom. When a b.oy falls in love with a g.irl and is reciprocated by the g.irl, the marriage is discussed by both. However, the "catch wife" will be hidden by the guy, silently planning to do it with the support of his friends.

Pulling the wife back must also be very skillful so that the g.irl's feet do not touch the ground, there is no force of struggle, can not f.ight back, the mouth cannot bite back without causing injury to the g.irl. According to the concept, the more friends join the group to help and pull, the happier the couple and the longer they will live, the more children and wealth they will have.

The custom of stealing for luck

Going to steal luck on New Year's Eve is a rather strange custom of the Lo Lo ethnic group, Dong Van district, Ha Giang province.

The Lo Lo people believe that, at the time of transition from the old year to the new year, if someone brings something back, the family will encounter many good things and make a fortune. That's why they call it getting lucky. An interesting thing is that when going to steal on New Year's Eve, the Lo Lo people go literally "stealing", quietly, not inviting each other, not letting the landlord catch. And stealing is to steal "at the root", like pulling garlic, it should not be cut.

On New Year's Eve in the villages of the Lo Lo people, the house "steals", people are "thieves", although it is a thief, but no law intervenes and it has become a custom. An indispensable Tet celebration of the Lo Lo people.

The custom of "catch husband"

In spring, ethnic groups Chu Ru, Co Ho, Cil, Gie Trieng... in the Central Highlands in the "catch husband" festival season. The custom of catching husbands of the Central Highlands is similar to the custom of stealing wives of the Northern mountainous people, only here in contrast, the woman goes to "catch her husband" rather than the man to catch the wife. Firewood is one of the "husband capture" offerings of the Central Highlands.

When the Lunar New Year comes, people from the Chu Ru, Cil, Co Ho... in the Central Highlands during the festival season catch their husbands. The marriage ceremony must take place at night. When she likes a certain guy, the g.irl informs her family and clan. The family will go to the groom's house to ask for help. If both families agree, the g.irl will come and put the ring on the b.oy's finger on a beautiful night. In case the guy doesn't like it, he can return it, but after 7 days, the g.irl chooses a beautiful night to wear the ring for the guy and so on until the guy accepts.

One day before the wedding, the village organizes a festival called "The night of capturing husbands". On this festival night, boys and girls have to read some customary sentences of their own people, there are some unique laws such as: "Finding a wife, looking for a husband must ask parents; eating fields, eating fields must ask questions. ears of buffaloes and oxen; making traps must ask the mountain god; returning to his wife is like returning to water ... ". On the wedding day, the b.oy and the g.irl took out the ring, kissed the ring, and put it back on. After the wedding ceremony 7 days, the g.irl took off the ring and gave it to her mother-in-law to keep and vice versa, the b.oy's ring was kept by the g.irl's mother.

The custom of pulling wives of the H'mong people

The population of the H'mong is the largest in Ha Giang province, about 190,000 people are the place to keep many unique traditional cultural features of their nation. And one of the unique features of the H'mong is the custom of pulling wives.

The boys and girls in the village, after getting to know each other, but feel that they are compatible, will go back to talk to their families to get married. If both families agree, they will invite matchmakers to ask questions and carry out normal marriage procedures. And couples who do not get the family's consent will have to resort to this custom. The bride and groom will ask relatives to secretly organize a wedding ceremony for them, hiding both sides of their parents. The b.oy and the g.irl as scheduled, they sat and talked, when the b.oy's friends suddenly appeared and helped the b.oy drag the g.irl back to his house. The b.oy's house has to bring the chicken out to perform the sweeping ceremony to allow the g.irl to enter the house. The custom of pulling a wife shows the intense love of a couple even when it is forbidden by both families.

The custom of blowing the trumpet to find a mate in Sapa love market

If traveling to Sao Pa on weekends, you should go to the love market once. Love market has attracted many tourists with beautiful brocade items on sale. Moreover, on these days, you will hear the very touching sound of the chimes of the men who have reached the age of cockroaches who use their horns to find a girlfriend.

And sometimes Sa Pa people also use the sound of the trumpet to entertain after hard working days. Sa Pa trumpet is a cultural beauty of the H'mong people and should be cherished.

The Thai custom of bowl of moss soup

Rock moss is a specialty dish of the Thai people in the Northwest mountainous region of Vietnam. For Thai people, this is an indispensable dish on the tray of rice to welcome guests with sour bamboo shoots, kitchen meat and is also an indispensable dish in the holidays of the people here. The time of growth of rock moss is early autumn around the third lunar month and it is only used for food processing within 2 to 3 days because rock moss is very quickly damaged.

The dishes are made from rock moss: Stone moss soup is rock moss, which after using a pestle smashes and removes all impurities, it will be put in chicken broth or bone broth, when you eat it, you will feel very fleshy and greasy; Grilled stone moss or stone moss salad... are all very delicious dishes full of love and nostalgia.

New rice eating ceremony of Xa Pho people

The new rice eating ceremony of the Xa Pho people also takes place in 3 main days like in the traditional New Year day of the whole country:

The first day: the oldest person in the family has to build a small stilt house on the field, set up a stone, three cups of wine, three pairs of chopsticks, a boiled egg, three white threads and a handful of rice, and then pray to the god of rice. There alone, to reap a few new clusters of rice to worship the ancestors and before returning, the reaper will plant a climbing stick to ban strangers.

Day 2: No longer a reaper, but both husband and wife go to the field to cut rice, but do not say anything to each other and each person will reap 15 bundles of rice to offer.

On the third day, the whole family went to harvest together, but also in silence. Only when the rice is harvested, the owner of the house withdraws me to climb up, then everyone can talk freely with each other

After 3 days of holidays, the host will make rice for everyone to invite everyone in the family's new meal. At this time, the festival of eating rice is considered to be over.

Prosperity beliefs around Hung Temple area

Every year in the spring and autumn, the two villages hold festivals with the purpose of praying for crops, people, and children to be prolific and proliferate for large flocks, corn and rice full of corn (also known as Phon real). . That is the biggest wish of rice farmers. The symbol of fertility is the nuong, which is the same as male and female, so around Hung Temple, there are many villages that worship fertility, the most common symbol for the belief in fertility.

The custom of drinking alcohol

The custom of drinking alcohol is required by all ethnic groups in the country, but mainly in the Muong and Thai ethnic groups. On festival days, alcohol is kept in large bottles with many small and long taps. Everyone sat in a circle and drank one by one. When the alcohol in the large bottle is reduced, more water will be added, so the alcohol concentration is higher at first and gradually decreases later.

Can wine is a sweet and fragrant wine that does not make people drunk but remember. If you taste it once, you will never forget the taste of this wine.

The custom of giving marriage proposal rings of the Ede people

Ede boys and girls fell in love, they informed their families to arrange the engagement ceremony. The g.irl's family asked him to bring the belt (uncle) to the b.oy's house to ask for a wedding, make an appointment to meet and prepare to give the ring (trok koong). On the date of the appointment, relatives of the bride's family come to the groom's house to perform the ceremony. Two reputable village elders represent the two sides to discuss. Each representative placed on the mat a silver ring. When they completely agreed, they picked up the ring and gave it to the couple. The b.oy and the g.irl in love each wore a necklace. And then comes the wedding ceremony.

In case the b.oy breaks the promise and does not marry, he must pay the g.irl a fine in kind, and make a sacrifice for her (a pig).

The custom of sleeping visit

A thousand-year-old custom of ethnic minorities such as Muong Lat and Thanh Hoa is to visit. When night falls, unmarried boys can pry open the doors of teenage girls to get in and flirt in the position of... sharing blankets and pillows with girls. If all goes well, after 5-6 visits, the guy will bring white silver, fat pig, and wine to ask the g.irl to be his wife.

In order to visit the g.irl's house, the son must be approved by the g.irl's family, if the g.irl's family criticizes the b.oy, he will advise his daughter not to marry. If the g.irl still insists on getting married, the g.irl's family still has to reluctantly accept it.

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