A vivid, accessible portrait of contemporary Vietnam through texts and complementary photographs that dispute the stereotypic images we have of this dynamic and diverse country.
Acknowledgments
Introduction A Journey between Two Museums
--Laurel Kendall and Nguyen Van Huy
1 One Country, Many Journeys
--Oscar Salemink
2 Vietnam's Ethnic Mosaic
--Frank Proschan
3 Tet Holidays: Ancestral Visits and Spring Journeys
--Nguyen Van Huy
4 The Mid-Autumn Festival (Tet Trung Thu), Yesterday and Today
--Nguyen Van Huy
5 Four Ways to Map a Year's Journey
--Chu Van Khanh, Cam Trong, and A Bao
6 Bat Trang: A Pottery Village and Global Node
--Nguyen Anh Ngoc
7 Scenes from the Sapa Market
--Claire Burkert
8 The Yao Initiation Ceremony in the New Market Economy
--Ly Hanh Son
9 Weddings and Funerals in Contemporary Vietnam
--Shaun Kingsley Malarney
10 Other Journeys of the Dead
--Luu Hung, Nguyen Trung Dung, Tran Thi Thu Thuy, Vi Van An, and Vo Thi Thuong
11 The Village God's Journey
--Nguyen Van Huy, Nguyen Anh Ngoc, Nguyen Huy Hong, and Nguyen Trung Dung
12 The Perilous Journey of the Then Spirit Army: A Shamanic Ritual of the Tay People
--La Cong Y
13 Len Dong: Spirits' Journeys
--Ngo Duc Thinh
List of Contributors
Photograph Credits
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction A Journey between Two Museums
--Laurel Kendall and Nguyen Van Huy
1 One Country, Many Journeys
--Oscar Salemink
2 Vietnam's Ethnic Mosaic
--Frank Proschan
3 Tet Holidays: Ancestral Visits and Spring Journeys
--Nguyen Van Huy
4 The Mid-Autumn Festival (Tet Trung Thu), Yesterday and Today
--Nguyen Van Huy
5 Four Ways to Map a Year's Journey
--Chu Van Khanh, Cam Trong, and A Bao
6 Bat Trang: A Pottery Village and Global Node
--Nguyen Anh Ngoc
7 Scenes from the Sapa Market
--Claire Burkert
8 The Yao Initiation Ceremony in the New Market Economy
--Ly Hanh Son
9 Weddings and Funerals in Contemporary Vietnam
--Shaun Kingsley Malarney
10 Other Journeys of the Dead
--Luu Hung, Nguyen Trung Dung, Tran Thi Thu Thuy, Vi Van An, and Vo Thi Thuong
11 The Village God's Journey
--Nguyen Van Huy, Nguyen Anh Ngoc, Nguyen Huy Hong, and Nguyen Trung Dung
12 The Perilous Journey of the Then Spirit Army: A Shamanic Ritual of the Tay People
--La Cong Y
13 Len Dong: Spirits' Journeys
--Ngo Duc Thinh
List of Contributors
Photograph Credits
Index