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What are the countries in Southeast Asia? Do they have Dragon Boat Festival?

There are 11 countries in Southeast Asia***: Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, Philippines, and Timor-Leste.

The ones that celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival are: Singapore and Vietnam.

1, Singapore: Singaporean Chinese whenever the Dragon Boat Festival comes, people will never forget to eat rice dumplings, dragon boat racing.

2, Vietnam: Vietnam's Dragon Boat Festival is the fifth day of the fifth month of the Vietnamese calendar, also known as the festival. Dragon Boat Festival has the custom of eating rice dumplings, as well as the Dragon Boat Festival insect repellent customs. Early in the morning of the festival, Vietnamese adults get up the first thing is the first thing in the child's wrists, ankles, neck tie five-color line.

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Duanwu Festival of foreign influences:

1, Japan: Japan since ancient times has had the tradition of Chinese festival. In Japan, the custom of the Dragon Boat Festival was introduced to Japan from China after the Heian Period. From the Meiji era, the festivals were changed to calendar days. The Dragon Boat Festival in Japan is celebrated on May 5 on the Gregorian calendar.

2. Korean Peninsula: The people of the Korean Peninsula consider the Dragon Boat Festival to be a celebration, a time to offer sacrifices to heaven. Koreans call 'Duanwoo' 'Sangil', which means "the day of the gods". In the Korean Peninsula during the period of agrarian society, the people*** participated in traditional festivals to pray for a good harvest.

Baidu Encyclopedia - Dragon Boat Festival

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