👣 Run #32 The Ao Dai Trail

🏃 Run Information

Run No.
32

📅 Date
07 Feb 2024

🕖 Time
7:00 pm

📍 Venue
Caravelle Hotel @ 19-23 Lam Son Square, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, HCMC

👣 Trail Briefing
- Run: 8~10KM
- Walk: ~5KM
- Fee: 150K/drinker, 100K/non-drinker, 50K/kid

The Ao Dai Trail is A to A trail. We will run for taking photos with Ao Dai, visiting the alleys of Saigon when spring is coming, and seeing the Nguyen Hue Spring Flower Street.

Nguyen Hue Spring Flower Street is decorated brightly and colorfully with all kinds of flowers and ornamental plants from all over the country, along with performances of ethnic musical instruments, stall dancing, and folk games. This is one of the city's cultural highlights, loved by both domestic and international visitors every spring.

1️⃣. Vietnamese Lunar New Year is NOT Chinese Lunar New Year

It is absolutely mistaken to say that the Vietnamese are celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year. Although both countries use the lunar calendar, Vietnamese people have different Lunar New Year customs, celebrations, and traditions from China.

2️⃣. The History of Vietnamese Lunar New Year

According to historical documents, in the thirteenth century, Vietnamese people often celebrated Tet by painting themselves, drinking traditional glutinous-rice wine, using betel nuts to welcome guests, and eating Chung cake and pickled onions.

During the Ly Dynasty (1009–1226), many important Tet rituals were performed, such as setting up domes to pray for rain and building communal houses to pray for abundant harvests.

During the reign of King Le Thanh Tong (1442–1497), Tet became the most important festival, and hundreds of mandarins gathered at the royal court to celebrate the Lunar New Year together with the royal family.

Tet Nguyen Dan, or simply Tet, is the most important and popular holiday in Vietnam. It marks the arrival of spring according to the Lunar calendar. The name "Tet Nguyen Dan" is Sino-Vietnamese for "Feast of the First Morning."

Tet takes place from the first day of the first lunar month (around late January or early February) until at least the third day. Many Vietnamese prepare by cooking traditional holiday foods and cleaning their homes.

Common Tet traditions include visiting family and friends on the first day of the new year (xông nhà), ancestral worship, exchanging New Year greetings, giving lucky money to children and the elderly, and opening businesses for good fortune.

Tet Festival 2024 falls on February 10, 2024 (New Year's Eve is February 9).

Happy Lunar New Year 2024!

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👣 Hash Information

📊 Run Statistics

🐇 Hares
3

👥 Hashers
7

📈 Total Attendance
10

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🐇 Hares (3)
1. Allo Wetty
2. For Rent
3. Non-stop Cock

👥 Known Hashers (7 of 7)
1. Cement Trader
2. Cock Climber
3. Gobblin' King
4. Madame Vajazzle
5. Miscarriage
6. Panda Penis Pandemonium
7. Pole Polisher

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