This story has been republished from VietnamEazy.com As a kid in Saigon I remember my grandmother taking me to watch Lên Đồng, or Spirit Possession Rituals, in the evenings after dinner has been served. She dressed up and took me down alley ways somewhere in our neighborhood to someone's house. The home is packed with people sitting or standing around a small stage. It is large enough for about five people, 4 were attendants and the person who is designated as the receiver of

Setting up a Bàn Thờ or Shrine for Tết Lunar New Year is an easy yet complex task. Watch our Chopsticks Alley Talk - Live Tet Edition - Episode 11 to learn more about our traditions. The idea behind having a Bàn Thờ or Shrine is to give thanks to our ancestors and to the gods once a year for all the blessings we've received. It is also an opportunity to pray for the blessings and things we would like to achieve. Cúng, to pray, is an important part of every Vietnamese Tet cel