chầu văn

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (to pay homage/to perform the morning ceremony, SV: triều) and ("culture"/"literature", perhaps from a historical reading as "ceremony/ritual").

Pronunciation

Noun

chầu văn

  1. (religion) a type of musical trance ritual associated with Đạo Mẫu (mother goddess worship)
  • hát văn (secular chầu văn)

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