Việc tang ma của giáo dân tại làng đạo Quy Chính - Xã Vân Diên - Huyện Nam Đàn - Tỉnh Nghệ An

Abstract Funeral is a life-cycle ritual containing distinctive cultural values of Vietnamese people, expressing love m e e omm y ol d y d e pe fo people’ o w ve bee m xed d refined into the virtue of filial piety - a core virtue of Vietnamese culture. Funeral rituals express life view, world view and distinctive cultural traits of Vietnamese people. This distinctive culture has been enriched when Vietnamese traditional customs met and exchanged with exotic religions including Catholicism.