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From YouTube: 2020 Tet Celebration in Biloxi
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See the inside story on Biloxi's Vietnamese New Year Celebration, Tet, on Jan. 25, 2020, marking the Year of the Rat. A City of Biloxi short film by August Taconi.
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It
is
the
year
of
the
rat,
as
the
Vietnamese
new
year
began
on
January
25th
320
known
as
Tet
in
Vietnam.
The
holiday
stock
is
based
on
the
Chinese
lunar
calendar.
The
Lunar
New
Year
falls
between
the
end
of
January
and
the
middle
of
February.
Here
in
Biloxi,
the
Vietnamese
people
begin
the
celebration
with
fireworks,
food
and
family.
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B
Whatever
you
just
saw,
it
was
a
lion.
Dance
show
like
it's,
not
actually
it's.
Actually,
it's
not
the
dragon
dance
that
a
lot
of
people.
Think
of
the
dragon
dance
is
like
it
has
the
long
poles
and
like
the
long,
skinny
dragon.
This
is
a
lion
and
it's
like
the
story
goes
that
there's
a
month
feel
like
worshiped
and
you
prayed
to
the
gods
every
day
like
like
for
anything
to
like
ward
away
the
bad
omens
and
then
for
the
gods
they
gave
they
gave
him
alliance.
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B
That's
why
the
lion
had
like
a
little
horn
on
its
nose,
but,
like
we
do
this
little
celebration
every
year,
just
to
kick
off
it
to
kick
off
the
the
Lunar
New
Year
like,
even
though
it's
like
it's
Chinese
culture
like
we've
kind
of
adapted
it
for
Vietnamese
culture,
and
it's
a
it's
like
we.
We
only
do
it
for
the
the
Lunar
New
Year.
We
don't
do
it
for
like
the
normal,
like
January
first
new
year,
but
here
we've
done
it
every
single
year
from
over
I
think
over
two
decades,
we've
done
it.
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B
It
was
just
like
a
little
competition
to
see
like
who
would
have
like
more
luck
and,
like
just
know,
it's
part
of
the
show,
but
right
down
there,
it's
you
can
see
a
watermelon
and
some
tangerines,
that's
like
an
offering
to
the
ancestors
and
to
the
gods
as
well.
Also
wishing
for
good
luck,
so
everything
here
is,
you
know,
good
luck,
prosperity,
that
kind
of
thing
and
everything
around
us
is
like
red,
because
red
is
in
Chinese
culture.
Asian
culture
in
general
is
just
a
lucky
lucky
color,
red
and
yellow
doing.
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It
is
also
the
time
to
reflect
on
the
past
to
make
offerings
and
pray
for
their
ancestors.
The
Buddhist
temple
and
nearby
Vietnamese
martyrs,
Catholic
Church
provide
places
of
worship.
The
Buddhist
graciously
allowed
our
camera
to
reveal
this
special
place
of
reverence,
but
first
one
must
remove
their
shoes
before
entering
the
temple.
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The
interior
is
traditional,
the
large
room
reveals
an
altar
covered
in
fruit,
surrounded
by
coloured
flowers.
A
Buddhist
monk
greets
you
and
offers
you
to
take
some
fruit
and
water.
Worshipers
kneel
to
pray.
The
new
year
is
a
time
for
feasting
and
just
as
Americans
prepare
traditional
New
Year's
foods,
the
Vietnamese
sit
and
enjoy
traditional
Vietnamese
dishes.
They
gather
to
celebrate
good
fortune
and
happiness,
and
they
do
wish
everyone
and
happy
new
on
day
two
was
framed
and
seeing
that
good
fortune
would
not
be
the
lion.