Tet Doango in Vietnam

A special roonep dish.According to popular beliefs, worms hide in the human body, causing various diseases and ailments. These parasites are easily vulnerable only on May 5 according to the lunar calendar, so, according to tradition, every year on this day Vietnamese celebrate the holiday of Tet Doango.

In the early morning, instead of breakfast on this day, eat a special dish roonep (a homemade dish from fermented boiled glutinous rice of a special variety of black or light yellow) and fruits.

In houses hang bundles of bitter wormwood, which traditional medicine uses to treat colds, lower temperature and pain. And although the therapeutic effectiveness of this herb has not been proven by scientific methods, but such treatment is widely practiced in the people.