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Vietnamese Catholics revere ancestors in Tet festival
Christians join those of other creeds in performing filial duties to honor their ancestors for the new lunar year
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Elders in traditional costumes perform ancestor worship rites in Uu Diem village on Feb. 8. (Photo: UCA News)
The Tet festival is a wonderful opportunity for people including Catholics in central Vietnam to perform filial duties to their ancestors.
On Feb. 8, young people repainted altars and incense tables vermilion and cleaned candlesticks, ancestral tablets and other items of worship in the communal house in Uu Diem village in Phong Dien district of Thua Thien Hue province.