TAILIEUCHUNG - Dao people’s rite of passage in Vietnam

This paper, within the scope of the study, describes the basic contents of the ceremony from the lowest level (3 lights) to the highest one (12 lights), through which the definition of rite of passage is given their identity and value in the spiritual life of the Dao people. | VĂN HÓA TRUYỀN THỐNG VÀ PHÁT TRIỂN DAO PEOPLE S RITE OF PASSAGE IN VIETNAM Ban Tuan Nang Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics Email bantuannang@ ite of passage is a ritual imbued with the Dao cultural identity. This is the topic that many researchers are interested in approaching the cultural life of the Dao people but to Received 12 10 2019 Reviewed 18 10 2019 Revised 26 10 2019 Accepted 9 11 2019 Released 20 11 2019 find a definition with adequate content is still a problem that has not been thoroughly studied there are still debate and inconsistency on opinion. This paper within the scope of the study describes the basic contents of the ceremony from the lowest level 3 lights to the highest one 12 lights through which the definition of rite of passage is given their identity and value in the spiritual life of the Dao people. DOI Keywords Rite of passage Dao people 3 lights ceremony 7 lights ceremony 12 lights ceremony Definition of rite of passage. 1. Introduction Researchers when approaching the Dao culture recognize that the rite of passage lễ cấp săc ceremony is a universal cultural characteristic. However to acutely understand this ceremony of Dao people until now there are still quite vague ways of understanding. Researching and interpreting to reach full awareness of a universal cultural phenomenon of the ethnic group is necessary especially when this ritual is always characterized by historical - cultural life of the Dao people. 2. Study overview Previously many Vietnamese scholars when approaching the rite of passage often affirmed that it was a vestige of the custom with some people agree that the ceremony is an initiation rite. Therefore sometimes to explain it specifically it is also known as the Initiation Rite of the Dao male. However in the ritual complex of this ritual there are many small ceremonies such as the call-enter ceremony of soldiers the opening ceremony of the sky gate praying for good crops the granting of lights and .

• Xã hội học
• Rite of passage
• Dao people
• 3 lights ceremony
• 7 lights ceremony
• 12 lights ceremony
• Definition of rite of passage