One week ago Plum Village community celebrated the Lunar New Year according to the Vietnamese tradition. This is a way to keep the beauty of Vietnamese culture as we come together and enjoy being in a big extended spiritual family. We would like to invite you to enjoy the atmosphere of Tet (Vietnamese for Lunar New Year) in Plum Village through these photos.
You can read more about how we celebrate Tet in the series “New Year, New Me”–Tết in Plum Village Part 1 and Part 2.
Spring comes to every corner of the ten directions. 
Doing walking beside the flower market 
Flag-raising ceremony 
Flag-raising ceremony 
Flag-raising ceremony 
Buddha field 
Flower market 
My joy is like spring, so warm. 
Bringing flower to home, 
Bringing Spring to home. 
Wrapping earth cake 
Earth cake is a gift of the whole cosmos. 
Wrapping earth cake is also a source of joy. 
Wrapping earth cake 
Wrapping earth cake 
Wrapping earth cake 
Wrapping earth cake 
Offering is a source of joy. 
Gift of the cosmos. 
Cooking earth cake takes one night. 
Sharing poetry with Sangha before Lunar New Year Eve 
Sharing poetry with music. 
Performance 
Offering earth cake to the Buddha and the ancestor. 
Welcoming the Lunar New Year ceremony 
A sacred moment before the new year. 
Wishing Longevity ceremony to Our Teacher on the first day of the Lunar New Year. 
Wishing Longevity ceremony to Our Teacher. 
Wishing Longevity ceremony to Our Teacher. 
Watching Our Teacher by recorded video. 
Offering flower, fruit … 
… and wishing longevity to Our Teacher. 
Kieu Oracle 
singing Kieu Oracle with music 
Kieu Oracle 
singing Kieu Oracle with music 
Kieu Oracle 
Welcoming guest to the hamlet. 
Welcoming guest to the hamlet. 
Welcoming guest to the hamlet. 
Welcoming guest to the hamlet. 
Welcoming guest to the hamlet. 
Dancing with bamboo trees before enter the room 
Wishing longevity to the elders 
Wishing longevity to the elders 
Joy of receiving lucky money from the elders. 
Visiting the elders 
Visiting room 
Visiting room 
Visiting room 
Playing hand-made game 
Playing hand-made game 
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