• mekhos
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    22 years ago

    Cool "As an annual tradition, Vietnamese people prepare a farewell ceremony for the Kitchen Gods to return to the Jade Emperor’s palace on the 23rd day of the last lunar month, around a week before the Tet holiday.

    This year, the farewell ritual will be performed on Tuesday.

    Among the offerings of the ritual, a carp serves as a means of transport for the Kitchen Gods to ride to heaven for reporting about what they have witnessed in every family during the past year, according to the Vietnamese folk belief."