Westerners excited to celebrate Vietnamese New Year early

More than 40 Polish guests learned about the ancestral altar, received calligraphy from the teacher and enjoyed traditional Vietnamese cuisine on Tet holiday.

On the evening of January 27 in Ho Chi Minh City, a group of 40 Polish tourists had a very interesting experience of Vietnamese Tet. They had dinner in a cool outdoor space and began a short journey to learn about the traditional Tet. Most of the tourists expressed excitement because this was the first time they learned how Vietnamese people celebrate Tet.

Fiditour Travel Company has prepared and displayed items that are often present during Tet such as Chung cake, Day cake, five-fruit tray, red watermelon, grapefruit, apricot tree...

Polish tourists can understand the meaning of why there is a tray of five fruits according to the mispronounced phrase "cầu phải sung đủ giá", including custard apple, coconut, fig, papaya, mango... or learn more about the legend of banh chung and banh day.

A Polish guest was so excited that he couldn't sit still at the table. He stood up to get closer to the table with the ancestral altar to take a photo.

Decorations such as firecrackers of the old Tet were also recreated. Polish tourists were delighted to hear the interpretation of the bustling Tet atmosphere of the past when hearing the sound of firecrackers.

To help visitors visualize a traditional Tet holiday most clearly, the program also invited a calligrapher to write calligraphy. These letters were written neatly and skillfully and then given to visitors as souvenirs.

All the visitors then lined up to receive calligraphy gifts from the program. When they were given the words such as Wealth, Prosperity, Happiness, Longevity..., most of them were happy because they thought they were receiving good things from Vietnamese Tet.

After briefly learning about some interesting points from Vietnamese Tet, tourists can also enjoy traditional cuisine such as banh chung with pickled onions, braised pork with eggs, fried sea bass...

Antoniewski Rafat, a tourist attending the program, said: "I feel like I understand more about Vietnamese culture, especially Tet, which is a very big event for you."

According to vnexpress.net