It is traditional for Buddhist to visit their temples on the first day of each new year. The entire Phamily visited a 300-year old temple near Linh's Uncle's house - I was invited to go along. It was a beautiful temple run entirely by female monks. This pic is of the female monks serving tea/small sweets to me and Phamily members while we fill-out forms containing the names/ages of our living relatives. These lists are given to the monks with a donation - the monks then pray for prosperity & health in the coming year for each name on your list. Later, prayers were said/offerings made for all of our deceased relations (ancestors). This concluded my Tet 2012 celebrations. Very enlightening, enjoyable, and amazingly terrific people!
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