TTLV: Survey of the Xen Ban Xen Muong festival of the Thai ethnic group in the Northwest

1. Student's full name:Hoang Thi Linh

2. Gender: Female 3. Date of birth: June 22, 1987 4. Place of birth: Ha Nam

5. Decision on recognition of student No. 1528/QD - XHNV- KH&SĐH dated October 14, 2009 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in training process: No

7. Thesis topic name:Survey of the Xen Ban Xen Muong festival of the Thai ethnic group in the Northwest

8. Major: Folklore; Code: 60.22. 36

9. Scientific supervisor: Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thi Nguyet - Faculty of Vietnamese Studies and Vietnamese Language - University of Social Sciences and Humanities - Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

10. Summary of thesis results:

- The thesis is a survey of the Xen Ban Xen Muong festival of the Thai people in the Northwest of Vietnam from the cultural and literary perspective. The research results of the thesis hope to provide a general and vivid view of the traditional festival of the Thai people and interwoven with it are literary elements expressed through stories and poems related to the characters worshiped in the festival.

- The thesis has collected, assembled, introduced and described the Xen Ban Xen Muong festival of the Thai people in the Northwest region in a relatively complete manner.

- Researching the topic has helped us understand more clearly one of the characteristics of folk literature - that is synthesis: Stories are often associated with festivals. It is both a literary phenomenon and a cultural phenomenon.

11. Practical application:

- As a reference material for students, practitioners of Literature and those passionate about researching traditional festivals, literary elements hidden behind festivals of the Thai people in Northwest Vietnam.

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name of student:Hoang Thi Linh

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: June 22, 1987

4. Place of birth: Ha Nam

5. The decision no. 1528/QD- XHNV- KH&SĐH on Graduate admission dated October 14^th, 2009 by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. The changes during the training process: None

7. Title of thesis:The study on Festival for Peace of Thai people in North West Vietnam.

8. Major: Folk Literature; Code: 60.22. 36

9. Scientific supervisor: Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Nguyet – Faculty of Vietnamese Studies and Vietnamese Language - The University of Social Sciences and Humanities - Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

10. Summary results of the thesis:

- The thesis is a study of Festival for Peace of Thai people in North West Vietnam from the perspective of culture and literature. The studying results of thesis hopefully bring out the general view and vivid imagination about traditional festival of Thai people together with literary factors which are expressed through the stories, poems relating to the characters who are worshiped during the festival.

- Thesis has completely collected, assembled, introduced and described the Festival for Peace of Thai people in North West Vietnam.

- Topic studying helps us to understand more clearly about one of characteristics of Folk Literature; that is syncretism: The told stories are usually related to the festival. They are both phenomena of literature and culture.

11. Applicability in Practice:

- This thesis may become reference material for students, graduate students majoring in Literature and for the people doing research on traditional festivals, literary elements hidden behind the festival of Thai people in North West Vietnam.