Sunday, December 6, 2009

Traditional/Contemporary, Eastern/Western, Ying/Yang

 

Women from some of the “ethnic minority” (indigenous) tribes who live in Vietnam’s northern mountain regions at a recent craft fair in Hanoi

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A Vietnamese Michael Jackson imitator at a recent fair of youth volunteers in Hanoi, dancing to Thriller.

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A bell which summoned scholars from Hanoi’s “Temple of Literature,” where scholars studied Confusionism during the Le dynasty, approximately 1000 A.D.

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A stone listing the name of scholars who completed their examinations at the Temple of Literature a thousand years ago.   Today students touch the head of the tortoise to bring them good fortune in their exams.

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Young performers lip-synching jazzed up Christmas carols in a performance during the Christmas tree lighting festivities at the Hanoi Hilton last Friday.  (Note:  Christmas is not a holiday in Vietnam.)

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[Via http://hanoikathy.wordpress.com]

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