Vietnamese folk religion

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Vietnamese folk religion is a syncretic system of indigenous spiritual beliefs and practices in Vietnam, blending ancestor worship, village deities, and elements of Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf folk religion
indigenous religion
religion in Vietnam
syncretic religion
associatedPlace family ancestral altar
pagoda
shrine
temple
village communal house
associatedPractice communal house festivals
fortune telling
geomancy
household altar rituals
offerings of food and incense
spirit possession rituals
centralBelief belief in a spirit world
reciprocal relationship between living and dead
veneration of ancestors
veneration of local spirits
cosmologyFeature hierarchy of heavens, earth, and underworld
pantheon of deities and spirits
country Viet Nam
surface form: Vietnam
hasComponent ancestor worship
tutelary deity worship
village deity worship
hasInfluenceFrom Buddhism
Chinese folk religion
Confucianism
Taoism
indigenous Vietnamese beliefs
hasRitualCalendar Kitchen Gods send-off ceremony
Lunar New Year rituals
death anniversary ceremonies
village festivals
language Vietnamese
relatedConcept Tam Phủ
Tứ Phủ
spirit mediumship
Đạo Mẫu
socialFunction legitimation of political authority
maintenance of village solidarity
reinforcement of family lineage
worships Mẫu goddesses
Thành Hoàng làng
heroic ancestors
national heroes
nature spirits
tutelary village deities
Ông Công Ông Táo

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Caodaism influencedBy Vietnamese folk religion
Hanoi primaryReligion Vietnamese folk religion