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Manners and customs of the people of Annam

Annales de l'éxtreme-Orient • 4 • Published In 1882 • Pages: 369-377

By: Tran-Nuong Han, Stiernotte, Alfred.

Abstract
Tran-Nuong Hanh, a native of Vietnam, gives a full description of the six principal ritual ceremonies performed in Viet Nam at different age levels and at puberty, marriage, death, and on the securing of first employment as well as for the cult of the ancestors. He concludes by emphasizing the filial piety which must be the sacred motive of all actions of one's life.
Subjects
Age stratification
Gender status
Ethics
Mode of marriage
Cult of the dead
Sacred objects and places
Prayers and sacrifices
Ethnosociology
Ceremonial during infancy and childhood
Majority
culture
Vietnamese
HRAF PubDate
2000
Region
Asia
Sub Region
Southeast Asia
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Creator Type
Indigenous Person
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Pauline Van Tho ; 1955: John Beierle ; 2006
Field Date
No date
Coverage Date
not specified
Coverage Place
central (TRUNG BO) Vietnam
Notes
[by] Tran-Nuong Han
Translation of: [Moeurs & coutumes annamites]
Translated from the French for Human Relations Area Files by Alfred Stiernotte
LCSH
Vietnamese