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The sacrifice of the Nam-Giaoarticle 1915 • Cadière, Léopold Michel et al.
Vietnamese • Asia > Southeast Asia
The sacrifice of the Nam Giao was formerly the greatest of Annamese ceremonies, at which time the Emperor sacrificed to Heaven as the representative of his people. The authors, a missionary and a civil servant, respectively, describe this ceremony as...