Ancient ceremonies related to farming sometimes take on additional meanings the commemoration of heroic deeds and the village heroes’ (8)______ or death.

The heroes were honoured in their own (10)______  and communal houses which became the heart of the village activities.

Each village in the North of Vietnam has (9)_____ a heroic or super-human figure as a tutelary or guardian spirit.

Ancient ceremonies (7)______ to farming sometimes take on additional meanings the commemoration of heroic deeds

The village festival is based (6)_____  the spirit of unity and family. The farmers are the festivals' creators, actors and audience.

This strong attachment to the village of ones birth and the recognition that the (5)______  all descend from the same ancestral line creates strong bonds.

Ancestor worship is a (4)_____ of wet-rice farmers who keep their ancestors' graves in their village.