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The symbol of Saint Gióng and the Gióng festival in the historical context of Vietnam

The symbol of Saint Gióng and the Gióng festival in the historical context of Vietnam The purpose of this paper is to trace the way in which a popular ritual became one of Vietnam’s most important festivals, elevated as a celebration of national heroism and charts its gradual transformation in modern society.Design/methodology/approachThis research focuses on the combination of a fertility rite and narratives of St Gióng based on nationalism or heroism created a special festival reflecting many traditional cultural characteristics of Vietnam and the Việt people and the transformation of St Gióng from a mythological to a national symbol of heroism in anti-invader history was recorded in texts.FindingsThe paper casts light on the mythologization and historicization of St Gióng in Vietnam’s particular historical context by decoding the Gióng symbol as a core element of the folktales and myths about St Gióng to understand the formation and development of St Gióng in the cultural history of Vietnam.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper is not exploring the Gióng symbol within a larger cultural context of nationalism and ethnosymbolic approach in a comparison of national symbolism and heroism.Practical implicationsThe paper includes implications for advised scholars to conduct further exploration of the symbol and myth of not only St Gióng in Vietnam but also Kubera in India and Vaisravana in China to connect Kubera, Vaisravana and St Gióng under the connection of literal myth and heroic symbol.Social implicationsThe paper shows how processes of historicizing myth and mythologizing history are important features of Vietnamese socio-historical research.Originality/valueThe paper shows how a fertility rite became a historical festival and the figure of St Gióng became a symbol of patriotic heroism. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Education and Development Studies Emerald Publishing

The symbol of Saint Gióng and the Gióng festival in the historical context of Vietnam

Dinh, Hai Hong
Asian Education and Development Studies , Volume 9 (1): 9 – Jan 6, 2020
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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to trace the way in which a popular ritual became one of Vietnam’s most important festivals, elevated as a celebration of national heroism and charts its gradual transformation in modern society.Design/methodology/approachThis research focuses on the combination of a fertility rite and narratives of St Gióng based on nationalism or heroism created a special festival reflecting many traditional cultural characteristics of Vietnam and the Việt people and the transformation of St Gióng from a mythological to a national symbol of heroism in anti-invader history was recorded in texts.FindingsThe paper casts light on the mythologization and historicization of St Gióng in Vietnam’s particular historical context by decoding the Gióng symbol as a core element of the folktales and myths about St Gióng to understand the formation and development of St Gióng in the cultural history of Vietnam.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper is not exploring the Gióng symbol within a larger cultural context of nationalism and ethnosymbolic approach in a comparison of national symbolism and heroism.Practical implicationsThe paper includes implications for advised scholars to conduct further exploration of the symbol and myth of not only St Gióng in Vietnam but also Kubera in India and Vaisravana in China to connect Kubera, Vaisravana and St Gióng under the connection of literal myth and heroic symbol.Social implicationsThe paper shows how processes of historicizing myth and mythologizing history are important features of Vietnamese socio-historical research.Originality/valueThe paper shows how a fertility rite became a historical festival and the figure of St Gióng became a symbol of patriotic heroism.

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Asian Education and Development Studies – Emerald Publishing

Published: Jan 6, 2020

Keywords: Gióng festival; National heroism; St Gióng historicization; St Gióng symbol

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