Topic for Paint Yourself English Club HN - 15th Mar - Activities after Tet Holiday

Let's join Paint Yourself English Club this week to talk about this interesting topic:



1.     New words

Vietnamese folk games and festivals

·        Human chess: cờ người
·        Stilting game: trò đi cà kheo
·        Cock fighting: trò chơi chọi gà
·        Bamboo jacks: chơi chuyền
·        Swinging: đánh đu
·        Unicorn’s dance: múa lân
·        Boat-racing: đua thuyền
·        Rice-cooking competition: cuộc thi nấu cơm
·        Releasing pigeons: lễ hội thả chim
·        Calligraphy festival: lễ hội thư pháp

Vietnamese religious customs

·        To visit ancestral graves: đi tảo mộ
·        To burn votive paper: đốt tiền vàng mã
·        Pray: cầu nguyện, khấn
·        Prayer: lời khấn
·        Pagoda: chùa
·        Temple: đền
·        Ancient communal house: đình
·        Shrine: miếu thờ
·        Graveyard: nghĩa trang
·        Offering: đồ lễ

2.     Discussion

a.     What is your favourite Vietnamese traditional festival? When and where does it take place?
b.     Give a full description of your favourite festival. ( Who goes to that festival? What do people go there for? What do people do there? The meaning of the festival?)
c.      Do you think that spending money on so many festivals ( about 8000 festivals/ year) is a waste of money? Why?