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Hầu đồng is an important ritual in the worship of the Mother Goddesses of the Four Palaces (Tín ngưỡng thờ Mẫu Tam Tứ phủ). In essence, it is considered a ritual of communication with deities and spirits from the other world through spirit mediums (c...

Attending a hầu đồng session is like exploring a living museum, where layers of colors and symbols emerge through the incarnations of deities descending into the bodies of mediums—expressed via ritual songs (hát văn), music, dance movements, and espe...

Hát Chầu Văn originated in the Red River Delta of Northern Vietnam. According to Professor Ngô Đức Thịnh – Member of the National Council for Cultural Heritage – the most prosperous period of the Chầu Văn ritual was from the late 19th century to the ...

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,...

Spiritual mediumship (hầu đồng)—also known as lên đồng or hầu bóng—is a distinctive ritual of the Mother Goddess Worship (Đạo Mẫu) of the Three Palaces (Tam phủ) and Four Palaces (Tứ phủ), an ancient belief system of Vietnam’s agricultural communitie...

Part 1- HƯƠNG NGHĨA TEMPLE Hương Nghĩa Temple is located at No. 13 Đào Duy Từ Street, Hàng Buồm Ward, Hoàn Kiếm District, Hanoi. In the past, this area was known as Hương Bài Hamlet (which later merged with Kiên Nghĩa Hamlet to form Hương Nghĩa Hamle...

In his research, Freud introduced the concepts of the conscious and the unconscious. The conscious reflects phenomena that humans pay attention to, phenomena about which they have relatively full awareness of existence, meaning, and value. The uncons...

This article aims to explore the deeper meaning of the 36 spirit possession rites (giá hầu) in the Vietnamese Mother Goddess belief through an analysis of their origins, classifications, symbolism, ritual functions, and socio-cultural impacts. I. Int...