1. Student's full name:Bouathai ZAYALEK.
2. Gender:Male
3. Date of birth:March 13, 1986.
4. Place of birth:Attapeu Province, Lao People's Democratic Republic
5. Decision number for student admission:Decision No. 3453/QD-XHNV dated November 16, 2022, of the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi
6. Changes in the training process: Are not
7. Thesis title:"The Lao Bunpimay Festival in Hanoi, Vietnam."
8. Major:Anthropology;Code:8310302.01
9. Scientific supervisor:Dr. Nguyen Vu Hoang, Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
10. Summary of the thesis resultsThe main results of the thesis include:
The Bunpimay festival, like other traditional festivals in Laos, holds immense value for the community. These values are formed and refined through the preservation and organization of the festival, demonstrating its importance in the spiritual life of the Lao people.
The Bunpimay festival is a celebration honoring the historical roots of the Lao people. Like other traditional festivals, the Lao people celebrate Bunpimay to pray for good fortune and peace throughout the year. Furthermore, it is a ritual to connect with their origins, signifying the bringing of coolness, prosperity, abundance, happiness, and the purification of life for the Lao people. The Bunpimay festival is also an opportunity to nurture and cultivate traditional art.
The Bunpimay festival holds significant value in fostering unity and celebrating the solidarity of the community, organized by the people of various Lao ethnic groups. This community is bound together geographically across Laos, connected by shared resources and economic interests, as well as by a common religious belief in Buddhism. Therefore, the organization of the festival plays a crucial role in creating resonance and mobilizing unity among the community. From this economic and religious bond, the purpose of the festival is a shared goal for the community. It is not only a place for fun and conversation about the past year and harvest, but also a sacred place to inform the deities and ancestors about the results of the harvest. It serves as a genuine and relatable lesson for future generations about gratitude and respect for their ancestors. All of these elements create strong bonds between individuals within the community, reinforcing and fostering the collective strength of the community.
In recent years, traditional festivals have tended to change, including the Bunpimay festival of the Lao student community in Hanoi. These current festivals give rise to many complex issues, requiring a reassessment of management practices and the establishment of appropriate codes of conduct to suit the new context. However, the Bunpimay festival of the Lao student community in Hanoi has always preserved the precious traditional beauty of the Lao people, fostering unity and motivating Lao students to achieve the best academic results. Furthermore, it serves as a cultural bridge connecting Laos with the international community. At the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, the Bunpimay festival has consistently emphasized cooperative and friendly relations with Lao localities over the years; always supporting Lao students in their development in various socio-cultural fields and training high-quality human resources.
Amidst the traditional Bunpimay New Year celebration of Lao students at universities in Hanoi, the University of Social Sciences and Humanities also solemnly organized a festival in a warm and joyful atmosphere. Everyone immersed themselves in the Lam Vong dance, participated in the water-splashing ritual, and enjoyed traditional Lao dishes. Through this thesis, the author has summarized the distinctive features of the Bunpimay festival at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities. The festival also reflects the thoughts and aspirations of Lao students living and studying in Hanoi.
The annual Bunpimay festival for Lao students at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities is always solemn and heartwarming, featuring welcoming cultural performances and traditional Bunpimay customs such as water splashing and wrist-tying rituals to wish for a new year filled with health, happiness, and good fortune. The ceremony helped the Lao students celebrate a truly warm and meaningful New Year away from home.
The Bunpimay New Year celebration program is an annual activity of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities aimed at providing opportunities for Lao students to celebrate their traditional New Year at the University; to alleviate their homesickness during holidays; and to create a joyful and vibrant atmosphere that encourages better academic performance among Lao students.
It can be said that the Bunpimay Festival at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities created a joyful and enthusiastic atmosphere for international students, encouraging them to always remember their national traditions and feel the warmth and togetherness of Tet (Vietnamese New Year) far from home. This activity has practical significance in motivating international students to always strive to overcome all difficulties, constantly strive to study and train to become "Outstanding Global Citizens," contributing to building a beautiful Laos, fostering the special friendship between the two Parties, two States, peoples and youth of Vietnam and Laos, contributing to the prosperous development of the ASEAN community and the nation, and also contributing to strengthening and affirming the traditional friendship and special solidarity, further consolidating the close bond between Vietnam and Laos; at the same time, strengthening the solidarity between Lao students and Vietnamese students.
11. Practical applicationsRegarding the topic of the Bunpimay Festival of Lao students studying in Hanoi, the student hopes that the results of this thesis will contribute to the understanding of the formation and organization of traditional Lao festivals abroad. Through this, it aims to enhance knowledge and understanding of the Lao student community in Vietnam in general and Lao students in Hanoi in particular, contributing to strengthening the relationship between Vietnam and Laos. At the same time, it aims to introduce the distinctive traditions of Laos to the world.
12. Future research directions:Research on the "Bunpimay Festival of the Lao People in Hanoi, Vietnam".
13. Published works related to the thesis:
INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS
1. Full name:Bouathai ZAYALEK
2. Sex:Male
3. Date of birth:March 13, 1986
4. Place of birth:Attapeu Province, Lao PDR
5. Admission decision number:3453/QD-XHNV, 2022 November 22th, of Headmaster of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi National University
6. Changes in academic process
7. Official thesis title:Bunpimay Festival of Laos in Hanoi, Vietnam
8. Major:Anthropology;Code:8310302.01
9. Supervisors:Associate Professor. Dr. Nguyen vu Hoang, Department of anthropology, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi National University.
10. Summary of the findings of the thesis:Bunpimay Festival, like other traditional festivals in Laos, has great values for the community. Those values are formed and crystallized from preserving and organizing the festival, showing the importance of the festival in the spiritual life of the Lao people.
Bunpimay Festival is a festival that looks back to the historical roots of the Lao ethnic people. Like other traditional festivals, Lao people organize Bunpimay Festival to pray for luck and peace for the whole year. On the other hand, it is also a ritual to look back to the roots with the meaning of bringing coolness, prosperity to all things, warmth, happiness and purifying the lives of the Lao ethnic people. Bunpimay Festival is also an opportunity to nurture and foster national art.
Bunpimay Festival has the value of consolidating and demonstrating the solidarity of the community and is organized by the Lao ethnic community. This community is linked together on the geographical basis of the whole country of Laos, linked by the ownership of resources and economic interests, as well as linked together on the basis of religion and common Buddhist beliefs. Therefore, the organization of festivals also contributes significantly to creating resonance and calling for solidarity among people in the community. From the link on the basis of economy, believes... the purpose of organizing festivals is the destination for the community to strive for, it is not only a place to have fun, chat with each other about a year of hard work and harvest, but also a sacred place to announce to the gods and ancestors about the results of the harvest, the most authentic and intimate lessons to educate children about gratitude and respect between previous generations. All of these create a strong bond between each individual in the community, strengthening and evoking the solidarity of the community. In recent years, traditional festivals have focused on change, including the Bunpimay festival of the Lao student community in Hanoi. Current festivals have given rise to many complex phenomena, requiring a review of management work and setting requirements for management, building codes of conduct in festivals to suit the new context. However, the Bunpimay festival of the Lao student community in Hanoi has always preserved the precious traditional beauty of the Lao people, creating cohesion and motivation for Lao students to study to achieve the best results, on the other hand, it is also a cultural bridge for Laos to reach international friends. Bunpimay festival at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, in recent years, the school has always focused on cooperation and friendship with Lao localities; always supporting Lao students to develop in many socio-cultural fields, training high-quality human resources. In the atmosphere of welcoming the traditional Bunpimay festival of Lao students in schools in Hanoi, the University of Social Sciences and Humanities also solemnly organized the festival in a warm and joyful atmosphere, everyone was immersed in the Lam Vong dance, participated in the water-splashing ceremony and enjoyed traditional Lao dishes together. Through the thesis, the author has summarized and described the characteristics of the Bun Pi May festival at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities. Through the festival, the author also summarizes the thoughts and aspirations of Lao students when living and studying in Hanoi.
The Bunpimay festival of Lao students in the University of Social Sciences and Humanities is always solemn and warm every year with a welcoming performance; traditional customs of the Bunpimay festival such as: water-splashing, wrist-tying ceremony... to wish for a new year of health, happiness and all the best. The ceremony helped Lao students celebrate a warm and meaningful New Year away from home.
The Bunpimay Festival is an annual activity of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities to create conditions for Lao students to celebrate their traditional New Year at the University of Social Sciences; to help them forget their homesickness during each holiday; At the same time, it also creates a joyful and exciting atmosphere, contributing to encourage better learning spirit for Lao students.
It can be said that the Bunpimay Festival at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities has created a joyful and exciting atmosphere for international students, to encourage and motivate them to always remember their national traditions, to feel the warm and reunited atmosphere of the New Year away from home. This is a meaningful activity to encourage international students to always try to overcome all difficulties, constantly strive to study and practice to become "Outstanding Global Citizens", contribute to building a beautiful Laos, fostering the special friendship between the two Parties, two States, people and youth of Vietnam - Laos, contributing to the prosperous development of the ASEAN community and the international community and also contributing to strengthening and affirming the traditional friendship, special solidarity, contributing to tightening the solidarity and close bond between Vietnam and Laos; at the same time, strengthen the solidarity between Lao students and Vietnamese students.
11. Practical applicability:Regarding the topic of Bunpimay Festival of Laotian students studying abroad in Hanoi, the student hopes that the results of this thesis will contribute to the understanding of the formation and organization of traditional festivals of Lao people abroad. Thereby, contributes to improving knowledge and understanding of the Laotian student community in Vietnam in general and Laotian students studying abroad in Hanoi in particular, contributes to strengthening the relationship between Vietnam and Laos. At the same time, introducing the typical traditional features of Laos to the world.
12. Further research directions:Research on the Bunpimay Festival of Laos in Hanoi Vietnams
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