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There are a lot of traditions at

tet

like making Chung cake, making the 5-fruit tray, visiting ancestor’s memorials, the

first

footer,… and today, I’m going to tell you some of the most special traditions at

Tet

. At

tet

, we buy

food

to cook traditional

food

for

Tet

. Of course, at every festival,

the

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cuisine is always the top priority. It represents the mood and the personality of the maker. We make

food

like Banh Chung, spring rolls, noodles and jellied meat. We

also

wear our new clothes.

Instead

of casual clothing that we wear daily, we buy and wear traditional clothing: ao dai. Our traditional outfit always has vibrant colours and sophisticated decorations sewn on it. We wear it with pride as Ao Dai is a type of costume bearing the symbol of Vietnam, showing the culture as well as symbolizing the gentle and graceful beauty of Vietnamese women. People love to buy flowers at

Tet

because each type of flower has its own meaning and beauty. Peach blossom in the North, apricot blossom in the South and kumquat tree are among the trees that symbolize luck, happiness and prosperity for the family. If there are certain outfits we should wear and certain

food

we should cook,

then

there should certainly be bad behaviours that we shouldn’t do. We must not fight and break

things

at

Tet

, as both of these

things

stand for discord, division and bad luck is done. Our children shouldn’t ask people for lucky money as it is considered disrespectful behaviour. The most crucial event of the

Tet

holiday is New

Year

's Eve. It is the time of transition between the New

Year

and the old

year

, an important time when heaven and earth harmonize. The New

Year

's Eve ceremony,

also

known as the exodus ceremony, takes place at the

last

minute of the

year

with the meaning of giving up all the bad

things

of the old

year

to welcome the good

things

of the New

Year

. New

Year

's Eve offerings are performed outdoors.