21. Made In Japan, Outsourced Globally: Halong Bay: Battling Chinese Invasion And Th barriers and tells the stories of the countryside and vietnamese mythology. A class of kids are recruited from all over Vietnam (both the city and http://saki.nomadlife.org/2005/03/halong-bay-battling-chinese-invasion.aspx

@import url("http://www.blogger.com/css/blog_controls.css"); @import url("http://www.blogger.com/dyn-css/authorization.css?blogID=8909629"); Made in Japan, Outsourced Globally Tuesday, March 01, 2005 Halong Bay: Battling Chinese Invasion and the Cold Water Puppet Show I was told that one of the "must see"s in Hanoi was the water puppet show - a distinctly Northern Vietnamese cultural entertainment. Magically choreographed by 9 puppeteers and accompanied by a live orchestra , this art transcends language barriers and tells the stories of the countryside and Vietnamese mythology. The puppets dance across the water to the lively music and captivates the audience with their sophisticated moves. There's simply nothing comparable to this art. The Dance of the Fairies Faces behind the bamboo curtain You gain a newfound respect for the comical-looking puppets after seeing the show Here's a sexy fishmonger couple Some Good You Can Do While You Travel Traveling through a country with poverty can make one feel guilty at times. But there are ways to enjoy the trip as a tourist while contributing to the community. It may be hard not to be skeptical sometimes, but if I get more information about what the organization is trying to do, I think it's worth a try. One restaurant that has been receiving attention from guidebooks and TV programs is This restaurant was founded by a Vietnamese-New Zealander who wanted to help get kids off the street. So with his business acumen, he built

22. Made In Japan, Outsourced Globally: March 2005 The colorful gods are intriguing and tells tales of Indian mythology. barriers and tells the stories of the countryside and vietnamese mythology. http://saki.nomadlife.org/past/2005_03_01_archive.aspx

@import url("http://www.blogger.com/css/blog_controls.css"); @import url("http://www.blogger.com/dyn-css/authorization.css?blogID=8909629"); Made in Japan, Outsourced Globally Thursday, March 24, 2005 Elastic That's how I feel right now. Stretched out. Loosened up. In a good sense though, of course. Allotting time for travel for 1 and 1/2 months initially made me slightly nervous. Is it too short that I won't see anything? Is it too long that I will turn into a travel junkie and have no fuel left to start on my next phase of life? But the uneasiness and the worries faded quickly, as the time I spent for the last 1 month have been premium quality. Filling. Supreme. Experience-rich. Sure, I'm only on the spending side and not generating income. I'm not really doing anything virtuous of any sort or making quantum leaps for the progress of humanity (not that I was doing so to begin with). But I'm learning so much more - About myself. About different people's lives. About the culture of different countries. People have amazing tales to tell, like my ex-colleague Zul. He is now working for a Malaysian construction company that is going to build housing complexes and hostels in Ghana, Tanzania, and Angola. The two Israeli guys, Aviv and Boaz, are probably still backpacking through Cambodia and Laos, contemplating which Asian country to hop over to next. I met a plethora of European women who come to Vietnam to volunteer at orphanages while they travel through the country. Mr. Phan, whom I became very good friends with in Hanoi, opens his photo shop every morning, but he has a colorful background of being a math teacher and an Asian cuisine restaurant owner in East Germany. I met a blonde Caucasian Zimbabwean pharmacist who now lives in the UK because life became trying for a white woman living in Zimbabwe.

23. Otherkin.net : Articles : Annotation For: "What Are Otherkin?" As I understand it, vietnamese mythology also makes a large claim to descent from dragons, but I am much less familiar with that mythos than that of China http://www.otherkin.net/articles/whatAnnotateJapan.html

Home Community Site Info Wiki ... Articles > Annotation for: "What are Otherkin?" In a comment on the parent article Petrael said: "From months of research in the Japanese culture I have never found that the Imperial line of Japan claims descent from Dragons. They claim descent from Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess." Avalokitesvara and interestingly enough also derivative of Chinese mythology in which 'dragon' and 'phoenix' represent both opposing and sychronous forces'yin' and 'yang' if you will, or 'in' and 'yo' in Japanese) would be a fairly recent (at least in terms of mythology and legends) development, and not wholly representative of the original symbology. Additionally, though the Japanese people as a whole may not claim 'descent' from dragons, many of the original 'uji' (clans) of Japan (notably pre "Kojiki" and "Nihongi", both of which are frequently-mangled aggregations of older myths and legends that were highly politicised by the Yamato clan to support their rule) considered many different 'supernatural beings' to be their ancestors, before Shinto as it is commonly percieved today, and multiple individual 'uji' ritual beliefs and practices were aggregated into what it is now. If you look back far enough this information can be found. Effectively, when the sanskrit title (Avalokitesvara) is rendered into Chinese, it becomes "Kuan Shih Yin""The One Who Hears The Cries Of The World" ( Source: "Kuan Yin: Myths and Prophecies Of The Chinese Goddess Of Compassion", Martin Palmer and Jay Ramsay with Man Ho Kwok)

24. Customs & Culture Of Vietnam The Vietnamese think he is a fabulous animal and represent him in Sinovietnamese mythology in the following manner. He has the head of a camel, http://www.militaryliving.com/vietnam2/vietnamch10.htm

An Enduring Classic: Customs and Culture of Vietnam Chapter 10 FESTIVALS, HOLIDAYS, AND RECREATION IN THE countryside, away from the influence of the larger cities, there is no such thing as a five or six day work week. The peasants toil day in and day out, from dawn to dark, until the work is completed. Relief only comes with the advent of a national holiday or a special festival. The holidays and festivals are generally based on the lunar calendar. For this reason, their festivals may come on a different date each year by our Gregorian calendar. The Lunar Calendar As with the Chinese, the Vietnamese lunar calendar begins with the year 2637 B.C. It has 12 months of 29 or 30 days each, and the year totals 355 days. At approximately every third year, an extra month is included between the third and fourth months. This is to reconcile the lunar calendar with the solar one. The Vietnamese like the lunar calendar because they can be sure of a full moon on the 15 th day of each month. in their everyday life, however, they use the Gregorian calendar. Unlike our centuries of 100 years, the Vietnamese calendar is divided into 60-year periods called "Hoi."

25. Customs & Culture Of Vietnam Also, tales from vietnamese mythology were illustrated in silk embroideries. The founder of embroidery was LeCong-Huanh who was sent by King Le-Chieu-Ton http://www.militaryliving.com/vietnam2/vietnamch7.htm

An Enduring Classic: Customs and Culture of Vietnam Chapter 7 ARTS ART FORMS in Vietnam have been influenced by outsiders for years to include the Chinese, the French, and the Americans. In spite of these influences, the Vietnamese have emerged in many ways as their own master. Architecture There is nothing too unusual about Vietnamese architecture today. It appears to be a melting pot made up of buildings constructed with available materials, such as wood, bamboo, and thatch. Concrete is now being used for big buildings in the large cities and towns. The design used a similar to those found in China, France, and the United States. In the larger cities, such as Saigon, Hue, and Dalat, some buildings look very much like those found in France. These are typified by thick stone walls and high ceilings. Today, the influence of the Americans is being felt in the newer and more modern buildings which are typical of modern architecture adapted to a tropical climate. This is particularly true of schools being built in South Vietnam. The influence of the Chinese is seen in the temples, pagodas, tombs, and burial places. At these sites, one finds pillared porches bedecked by dragons and other traditional motifs. Wide expanses of roof with decorated supporting beams are dominant.

26. NGUOI VIET Online A girl learns the significance of the altar in Vietnamese homes. them understand the roles of popular heroes in vietnamese mythology and legends. http://nguoi-viet.com/absolutenm/anmviewer.asp?a=15363&z=10

27. Hanoi Meals With Added Bite By David Atkinson | Travel Reviews From Travel Intel According to popular vietnamese mythology, he told me, it s believed the dog meat is warming, will bring good luck and is eaten when old friends are http://www.travelintelligence.com/wsd/articles/art_3048.html

Booking Service Inspiration DESTINATIONS THEMES ... BEFORE YOU DIE CALL US: +44 (0)20 7580 2663 Other Features on: Vietnam Hanoi Hotels in... Vietnam Hanoi For selective hotel recommendations with reviews, go to TI Hotels , or use the site search below. Site Search Hanoi meals with added bite by David Atkinson As we dismounted from our motorbikes, we were greeted by the unmistakable yelps of dogs being slaughtered. I'm not generally a fussy eater. Indeed, as a rule, I enjoy nothing better than sampling the local cuisine in far flung places. Hence, having been posted to work in Hanoi , I was delighted to be invited to share a meal with a new-found Vietnamese friend, Liem, and honoured when he enthused the meal was to be an official boys night out whereby we would eat, drink beer and talk politics. No doubt, I anticipated, while smacking each other heartily on the back between courses in a gesture of cross-cultural male bonding. What Liem had failed to mention, however, became all too apparent as we approached the restaurant, a stilt house on Hanoi 's Nghi Tam Avenue, just north of the city's Old Quarter. For, as we dismounted from our motorbikes hungrily, we were greeted by the unmistakable yelps of dogs being slaughtered. And, all too suddenly, it became clear to me that the highlight of a boy's night out Viet style was not the beer nor the jovial banter, but the chance to savour fresh dog meat (thit cho).

28. Asia Pacific Arts: The 22nd Annual UVSA Tet Festival But what was most impressive were the scenes set up to showcase vietnamese mythology, traditions, and landscape throughout the festival grounds of which http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=7222

29. Salon | Books: The Deep Green Sea This, of course, is the stuff of classical tragedy, and Butler plays it up by peppering his narrative with references to vietnamese mythology, http://www.salon.com/books/sneaks/1998/01/16review.html

T A B L E T A L K What's the saddest story you've ever read? Whip out the Kleenex in Books R E C E N T L Y My Sister Life: The Story of My Sister's Disappearance By Maria Flook Nonfiction Preston Falls By David Gates Fiction Pillar of Fire By Taylor Branch Nonfiction Paradise By Toni Morrison Fiction Charming Billy By Dan Cryer Fiction SEARCH REVIEWS BY: title of book author publisher reviewer F E A T U R E The wimpy heroine By Carol Shields Jane Austen's "Mansfield Park" presents her readers with the challenge of loving a doormat t h e d e e p g r e e n s e a BY ROBERT OLEN BUTLER HOLT FICTION 226 PAGES BY DAVID L. ULIN W hat's the role of fate in our lives? Is it an illusion, or something substantial, a force whose influence we truly can't escape? Living, as we do, in a rational universe, it's reassuring to believe the former, but, really, there's no way to be sure. As Robert Olen Butler writes in his eighth novel, "The Deep Green Sea," "For a year, here in Vietnam, I woke up every day and I was scared and I could see people dying, or walking around and about to die, not even realizing what was next, though it was like it was all arranged somehow, because tomorrow's death roster was going to be whatever it was going to be, and it could be me who was chosen, and I never lost a sense of that." In "The Deep Green Sea" the weight of destiny has a nearly physical pull. Moving fluidly between Benjamin Cole, a Vietnam vet who returns to Ho Chi Minh City after nearly 30 years to recapture a part of himself that "got stuck over here, [that] failed to make it onto the plane back home in 1967," and Tien, a Saigon tourist guide in her 20s who was abandoned by her prostitute mother on the eve of Saigon's liberation in 1975, the book traces a relationship that seems ordained by history itself. For Ben and Tien, this unexpected bond is a revelation, a promise that they still might be made complete, in spite of all they've lost. Yet as "The Deep Green Sea" progresses, their happiness is complicated by Ben's suspicion that the bar girl with whom he had an affair during the war might have been Tien's mother.

30. Darkfluidity “Bui Doi” is immersed in vietnamese mythology. The concept of the sins of the father being vested on the son energizes “The ChainLynched Man. http://www.darkfluidity.com/reviewgerard3.htm

31. L.C. Subject Headings Weekly List 17 (April 27, 2005) 150 Mythology, Vietnamese May Subd Geog sp2005002201 450 UF vietnamese mythology 150 Naemorhedus May Subd Geog sp2005002211 053 QL737. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/wls05/awls0517.html

CATALOGING POLICY AND SUPPORT OFFICE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SUBJECT HEADINGS WEEKLY LIST 17 (April 27, 2005) Changes to existing headings are indicated by an asterisk. (A) indicates proposals that were approved before the editorial meeting. (C) indicates proposals submitted by cooperating libraries. Go to: Cataloging Policy and Support Office Home Page Cataloging Directorate Home Page Library of Congress Home Page Library of Congress Library of Congress Help Desk

32. Phoenix Flight according to my souces the Phoung of vietnamese mythology is the same bird. to date is that the Vietnamese state that the Phoung has the breast of a http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Labyrinth/8952/china.html

In China, the Phoenix is called either the "phuong" (male) or the "hoang" (female) but it is commonly called feng, and is represented by the feng-huang, symbolizing the union of Yin and Yang. Unlike other cultures, there can be two feng alive and they can live as a couple. This couple represents marital happiness and everlasting love. The Feng lives in the kingdom of the wise to the east of China . It's body is a composite of the five basic colors (green, red, yellow, white, black). It had a large bill, the neck of a snake, the back of a tortoise and the tail of a fish, and three legs. (Or in other versions, it has the crane's forehead, the fowl's bill, the neck of a snake, the shell of a tortoise, and the tigers stripes.) In it's bill it carried either the two scrolls or a box that contains the sacred books. The Feng is also sometimes pictured with a fireball. It's body is a composite of the six celestial bodies, the head symbolizes the sky, the eyes: the sun, the back: the moon, the wings: the wind, the feet: the earth , and the tail: the planets.

33. Www.myspace.com/lilsoso in ancient vietnamese mythology the pandas were known to have xray vision and black hearts I AM THE PANDA!! Baldonius Monk. 6/17/2005 85300 PM http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=121095

34. English Lyrics For Vietnamese Songs As far as possible, however, all references to vietnamese mythology, popular literature and history have been preserved. http://www.tuanpham.org/EnglishLyricsFull.htm

English Lyrics to Vietnamese Songs by Pham Quang Tuan Rice Drum Song Tinh Tu Tin (T¬nh Tá»± Tin) by Pham Duy English verses by Pham Quang Tuan 1. My love (s)he's got a little drum, Oh how he plays his love-a-drum drum (Love-a-drum drum Love-a-drum drum) Come and see the boys and girls They cross the stream To find, find their dream (Find their dream) (Drum-a-drum drum, drum-a-drum drum, drum-a-drum drum) 2. REPEAT [1] 3. Drum-a-drum drum I can see these boys and girls (I can see these boys and girls) They cross the stream To find find their dream (find their dream) Let's sing a drum-a-drum-a-song (Let's sing a drum-a-drum-a-song) 4. My love she's got a little song

35. Wade's Vision Quest Journal - Vietnam - Overview, Food, Hanoi, Ha Long Bay They typically perform a play that consists of 12 acts generated from vietnamese mythology accompanied by music. The puppeteers have to be a bit tough, http://www.wademan.com/VisionQuest/VQ_Vietnam1.htm

Contents Wade's Vision Quest Journal Prev Next Vietnam Red = Cycle Green=Train/Bus Vietnam is without question my favorite of all the places I've ever visited. I've visited 14 countries and 23 U.S. states, and it's my favorite of all of them. It took me a while to figure out why, and the reasons are many and complex. The most compelling is that the Vietnamese people are the friendliest, most welcoming and most outgoing people I've ever met. This is also the first place I've done any serious biking (1,800 km or 1,100 miles), so maybe I was on an endorphin rush the whole time. There is a lot of history here for someone of my generation, and lots of interesting things to see. I met a lot of people that I liked. They were both Vietnamese and others that came from all over the world and somehow ended up in this small country off in the corner of Southeast Asia. Like every country, Vietnam has both a light side and a dark side, although the light side far outshines the dark. Both make for a very interesting and enlightening visit. In this narrative, I'll try to give my impressions of what I saw and experienced here, both good and bad, and let you draw your own conclusions. In short though, I highly recommend Vietnam as a travel destination for anyone. You can learn some facts about Vietnam from the CIA World FactBook Britannica or Encarta.

36. Grants & Awards 1992 National Endowment for the Arts grant for a dance and music work based on vietnamese mythology and the development of curriculom to strengthan http://www.yuvalronmusic.com/text/biography/awards.html

Grants and Awards back to Bio Grants West Hollywood 20th anniversary Challange grant to compose 'The Legend of the Baal Shem' for ethnic ensemble and story teller. American Composers Forum American Composers Forum The California Council for Humanities grant for a lecture/demonstration of the Mystical Music of the Middle East at the Ford Amphitheater in Hollywood, CA National Endowment for the Arts Rockeffeler Foundation and National Dance Project National Endowment for the Arts grant for a dance and music work based on Vietnamese mythology and the development of curriculom to strengthan identity among immegrent children. Awards Los Angeles Treasures Award Chicago International Festival- Gold Medal Moon Dance Film Festival - Humanity Award Telluride Festival Award CINE Golden Eagle TELLY INTECOM CINDY Gvanim Festival Special Award Keyboard Magazine's Soundpage Contest Finalist AMI - New England Special Award for Creativity Yuval Ron is an affiliated artist of the Center for Jewish Culture and Creativity.

37. Simply Haiku: An E-Journal haibun, free verse and English language forms about vietnamese mythology, Further, the Viet Nam War (which the Vietnamese call the American War), http://www.poetrylives.com/SimplyHaiku/SHv3n1/features/xEdward_Tick.html

Simply Haiku : A Quarterly Journal of Haiku and Related Forms Contents Archives About Simply Haiku Submissions ... Search Spring 2005, vol 3 no 1 Interview ~ Edward Tick by Robert Wilson RW: Since 1979, you have worked as a psychotherapist with combat and non-combat veterans. Many of the combat veterans served in Vietnam. In 1984, you wrote a chapbook published by Brooks Books entitled On Sacred Mountain . It is a small collection of haiku that gives readers a glimpse of the war and how it affected the soldiers who fought in it. Why did you write this chapbook? And why the use of haiku? ET: First I want to thank you for the honor of appearing in Simply Haiku and for your own service to veterans and all of us in your own writing about Viet Nam and in offering this interview. On Sacred Mountain was my second chapbook with Brooks Books, following The Dawn That Bleeds in 1980. It was published five years after I began working with Viet Nam veterans. I wrote On Sacred Mountain , my first little collection of war haiku, as a way to help cleanse myself of the war imagery that was accumulating in my own psyche and causing me, as well as my veteran clients, so much pain. Equally important, I wrote it as a form of witness. James Hillman recently wrote in

38. The Coup And The Phoenix: Spanning A Decade Of Covery Operations -Tim Cavinder The Phoenix Program was designed to be a joint American / Vietnamese effort. animals representing grace, peace, and concord in vietnamese mythology. http://www.iusb.edu/~journal/1998/Paper2.html

The Coup And The Phoenix: Spanning A Decade Of Covert Operations Tim Cavinder Communicated by Dr. Kevin Smant In both the Phoenix Program and the coup of Diem the Central Intelligence Agency pushed the envelope of official United States foreign policy in Vietnam during the 1960s. The use of the CIA as a communication vehicle with the coup plotters against Diem resulted in the toppling of a foreign government and the assasination of its leader. The Phoenix Program was intended to target members of the Vietcong. On paper the program's official policy was lawful and just, yet to this day controversy surrounds the memories of those in the field who witnessed first hand the grave shortcomings of that policy. In the 1960s the CIA fought on the front lines of a cold war that for many grew too hot, too fast, and lasted far too long. The 1960's proved to be a challenging period for the United States in its cold war effort. The primary testing ground of this effort was in Southeast Asia: primarily Vietnam. The struggle that began with the coup of Ngo Dinh Diem, and lasted throughout the decade, was the product of a global ideological battle waged by the Soviet Union and the United States. The cold war began soon after the conclusion of the Second World War, and lasted for four decades. A prime example of international relations during the cold war is the way the Central Intelligence Agency operated in Vietnam during the 1960's. This paper will examine two specific agency operations: the coup of Diem in 1963 and later in the decade, the Phoenix Program which took place from 1967-1969.

39. Regional Folklore And Mythology Pib s Collection of Regional Folklore and mythology Resources. Legacy of The vietnamese Boat People provides a collection of vietnamese Boatpeople s http://www.pibburns.com/mythregi.htm

Regional Folklore and Mythology African, excluding Egypt Altaic Anatolian Andorran ... Vietnamese Here you will find links to information about folklore and mythology topics broken down by cultural and geographical region. The regions appear in alphabetical order. African, excluding Egypt African Mythology discusses the creator god and ancestor worship in Africa. African Myths and Legends by Samantha Martin offers stories from the Bushmen and Hottentots. Folklore About Hyenas by Robin M. Weare offers tales from Africa about these predators. Louis Trichard, Thoyandou by Lynette Oxley offers several myths and legends of the VhaVenda people. Snake and the Frog tells why the snake and the frog won't be found playing games together. Sweet Thorn Studios offers, for sale, original masks and amulets based upon African folklore and legend. Along with pictures of each item there is a brief summary of the myth, legend, or folkore which inspired it. Urban legends of southern Africa offers "The Rabbit in the Thorn Tree," "The Leopard in the Luggage," and "Ink in the Porridge."

40. Evil GOP Bastards After the triumph of the North vietnamese, the mythology of our involvement Another aspect of the Vietnam mythology is that antiwar activists condemned http://www.evilgopbastards.com/september_2004.htm

News Analysis Cutting thru the Propaganda Fog Hall of Shame Evil GOP Bastard of the Month John O'Neill Vietnam Revisionist and Smear Monger Nixon's hand-picked foil against John Kerry in the 1970's, John O'Neill is back in the Links Air America Radio Buzzflash Report Consortorium News MoveOn.Org ... The Bush Presidency Since the New Deal, Republicans have been on the wrong side of every issue of concern to ordinary Americans; Social Security, the war in Vietnam, equal rights, civil liberties, church- state separation, consumer issues, public education, reproductive freedom, national health care, labor issues, gun policy, campaign-finance reform, the environment and tax fairness. No political party could remain so consistently wrong by accident. The only rational conclusion is that, despite their cynical "family values" propaganda, the Republican Party is a criminal conspiracy to betray the interests of the American people in favor of plutocratic and corporate interests, and absolutist religious groups. Why? Because they're evil GOP bastards!

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