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         <title><![CDATA[Spinning Tops (con quay)]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[In summertime, groups of children often play with tops along Ha Noi’s streets and alleys. Their enthusiasm and happy laughter attract an audience, old and young, and remind older viewers of their younger days. The folk pastime of top spinning still charms city children despite the popularity of modern games such as bowling, skateboarding, billiards and video games.&nbsp;

In the countryside, most children make their own tops out of guava, jackfruit, or longan wood. Sometimes they fashion tops...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2016 21:31:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Kites that make music (dieu sao)]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Kite flying is popular throughout the year in Viet Nam but especially so in summer. People of different ages make kites of many shapes, sizes and materials.&nbsp;

Children's kites are often small, simple and covered with paper, while adults' kites may be more complex, cloth-covered, and feature one or more wind flutes that play melodies as the kites fly.

A typical adult's kite has four parts: the body, the steering string, the flying string and flutes. The frame is made of the smooth outer...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2016 21:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Bamboo Jacks (choi chuyen)]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[This girls' game (chơi chuyen) includes ten thin, well-sharpened, round bamboo sticks and a ball, which traditionally is a fig, a miniature variety of eggplant, a small rock or a clod of clay.&nbsp;

These days, tennis balls are becoming more popular as a substitute. The player tosses the ball into the air. While the ball is in the air, she must quickly pick up the sticks and then catch the ball.

Players often recite a singsong nonsense rhyme:&nbsp;"Cai mot... Cai mai... Cai co… So mang......]]></description>
         <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2016 21:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[The game of squares (O an quan)]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Either boys or girls, usually age's seven to ten, play the two-person game of O an quan (literally "Mandarin's Box"). They draw a rectangle on the ground and divide it into ten small squares called "rice fields" or "fish ponds.&nbsp;

"They also draw two additional semi-circular boxes at the two ends of the rectangle, which are called"mandarin's boxes," hence the game's name. Each person has 25 small pebbles and a bigger stone.

Each player places the stone in one of the mandarin's boxes and...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2016 21:29:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Game of the Dragon-Snake (rong ran)]]></title>
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		A large group plays the children's game rong ran (dragon-snake). In One person sits on a small hill or some location above the other players; he or she acts as the doctor. The other children stand in a line, holding each other's belts to form the body of the dragon-snake.&nbsp;
		The dragon-snake approaches the doctor. The following dialogue occurs between the doctor and the head of the line:
		
		- Where are you going, dragon-snake?
		- I’m searching for medicine for my son.
		- How old...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2016 21:28:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Cat and Mouse Game (meo duoi chuot)]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Each game requires between seven and ten people. They stand in a circle, hold hands and raise their hands above their heads. Then they start singing the song.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Please come over here
Hand in hand
Stand in a large circle
The mouse will run through the hole
The cat will run after it
The mouse tries to run as fast as possible
But it can't escape
Then the mouse will act as the cat and chase the cat, which is now the...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2016 21:28:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Throwing a sacred ball through the ring (nem con)]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Each ethnic group in Viet Nam has unique ways of celebrating Tet. The Tay people of Cao Bang and Lang Son Provinces have a special Tet game that not only ushers in the spring but also serves as a matchmaker.&nbsp;

According to Tay legend, Pia, an orphan, war poor and lonely. Discouraged with life, he went to the forest and gathered pieces of fruit to throw around. One time, he threw a fruit so hard it flew straight to heaven, where a fairy caught it. The fairy flew down to the earth to play...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2016 21:27:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Releasing pigeons (tha chim)]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[A long with other traditional festival games, releasing pigeons has attracted numerous participants since the distant past. Some villages including Tam Giang and Hoan Son villages in Bac Ninh Province still maintain the tradition.&nbsp;

Every year, Hoan Son and Tam Giang villagers organise bird-releasing festivals in the early summer and mid autumn during the third and the eighth lunar months. Each family raises two or three flocks of pigeons. Judges stipulate that each flock in the spring...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2016 21:13:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Battle of the Chickens (choi ga)]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Cock fighting, a long-standing form of popular entertainment, is organised during traditional festivals throughout Viet Nam.&nbsp;

Raising roosters for cockfighting requires heavy investments in time and labour. Professional trainers choose young chickens carefully, individually preparing their food and drink, bathing them, separating them from hens, and training them in fighting positions. A fighting cock must be so acquainted with its owner that it will allow only the owner to hold him....]]></description>
         <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2016 21:12:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Human Chess]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[“Human chess” (co nguoi) is a popular game at village and temple festival. The game follows the general rules of Chinese chess. The concept is recognizably similar to Western chess, but with a different-sized board and different pieces, including cannons and guards, each of them marked with a distinct Chinese character.&nbsp;

In human chess, however, the pieces are all people: 32 people in all. One side consists of 16 boys and the other of 16 girls. Each team wears a different colour.

The...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2016 21:12:00 +0200</pubDate>
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