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Designing Interactive Zones for Preservation & Engagement – Zone 3: Ritual Space

Hau Dong Featuring Art
February 15, 2025
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Purpose & Concept Hầu đồng is not only performance but also a sacred spatial experience where architecture, decoration, sound, and collective participation create a threshold between the human and divine. The Ritual Space Zone creates the multise...

Ritual Paper Offerings in the Mother Goddess Temples

Hau Dong Featuring Art
February 1, 2025
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In recent years, the Đạo Mẫu (Mother Goddess) belief has flourished widely, extending from rural to urban areas, from the lowlands to the mountains. Along with this growth, numerous rituals, festivals, and other cultural activities have arisen, persi...

Designing Interactive Zones for Preservation & Engagement – Zone 8: Global Dialogue -Encountering the World of Mother Goddess Worship

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January 19, 2025
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Objective To introduce international visitors to Đạo Mẫu (Mother Goddess Worship) and hầu đồng (spirit mediumship) as a living Vietnamese spiritual-artistic tradition. To create an immersive intercultural space where audiences can explore how art, ri...

Designing Interactive Zones for Preservation & Engagement – Zone 2: Music & Rhythm

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January 19, 2025
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Purpose & Concept Music, especially chầu văn (ritual singing with đàn nguyệt, drums, phách, and clappers), is the heartbeat of hầu đồng. It not only sets the pace of possession but also bridges the human – spirit world through rhythm, melod...
Mother Goddess of the Mountains & Forests

Mother Goddess Belief through the Order of Hầu Đồng Rituals

Hau Dong Featuring Art
January 8, 2025
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The worship of the Mother Goddess (Đạo Mẫu) is an ancient and deeply Vietnamese form of folk belief. When speaking of this tradition, one immediately thinks of the veneration of supreme female deities, honored as Thánh Mẫu (Holy Mothers) or Quốc Mẫu ...
Mandarin's shoes

Walking with the Devine: Symbolic Shoes of Mandarins & Princes of the 4 Realms

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January 5, 2025
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This acrylic painting on canvas presents a striking detail from the attire of a spirit manifestation in the Mother Goddess worship tradition of Vietnam, focusing on the ornate footwear of a mandarin spirit or prince figure  -most notably associated w...

Designing Interactive Zones for Preservation & Engagement –Zone 5: Story-telling & Spirit Encounter

Hau Dong Featuring Art
December 30, 2024
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Purpose & Concept In hầu đồng, every ritual performance (giá đồng) is tied to a mythic narrative – a goddess, a mandarin, a prince, a princess. These stories are not just heritage; they are psychological and spiritual experiences for both m...

Characteristics of Lyrics and Artistic Value of Hau dong’s Ritual Music (Chầu Văn)

Hau Dong Featuring Art
December 8, 2024
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Hát Chầu Văn (also known as Hát Văn or Hát Bóng) is a distinctive form of Vietnamese folk performance art intrinsically linked with the Mother Goddess Worship (Đạo Mẫu) of the Tam Phủ belief system. Having endured centuries of socio-historical upheav...
The 2nd Princess of the Mountains & Forests

Elegance in Trance-the sacred dance of the 2nd Princess of the Mountains & Forests

Hau Dong Featuring Art
December 6, 2024
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This acrylic painting on canvas captures the mystical presence of Cô Đôi Thượng Ngàn, a revered spirit in the Mother Goddess belief system of Vietnam. Depicted in the midst of the múa mồi ritual dance during a hầu đồng ceremony, the figure radiates b...

Music and Dance in the Lên Đồng Ritual of Vietnam

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December 6, 2024
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Introduction The ritual practice of lên đồng—also known as hầu bóng or đồng bóng—is a prominent feature of the Vietnamese Đạo Mẫu (Mother Goddess worship) and Tứ phủ (Four Palaces) belief system. It represents a distinctive form of folk spirituality,...
Mother Goddess of the Mountains & Forests
Mother Goddess of the Mountains & Forests
The 2nd Princess of the Mountains & Forests
The 2nd Princess of the Mountains & Forests
Paper Guardians
Paper Guardians
Phoenix motif on Goddesses' costumes
Mother Goddess of the Waters
Mother Goddess of the Waters
Mandarin's shoes
Mandarin's shoes

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