Features in the beliefs in the mother goddesses in Lam Dong

Abstract

For a long time, Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses has become a topic that attracts many researchers in different fields of science. Especially after the Practices Related to the Viet Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses in Three Realms recognized by the UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity the number of monographs and articles that mention different aspects of this worship is more diverse. In the mid-20s of the twentieth century, Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses appeared on Lang Biang plateau along with the process of migration, settling and forming Vietnamese community in this land. After nearly a century of introduction, shaping and development in the new land of the South Central Highlands, besides keeping the cognitive values, human values and traditional art and culture of Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses. In addition to preserving the cognitive values, human values and traditional art and culture of Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses in the Northern Delta, this worship of ethnic Viet group in Lam Dong had a process of interference, shaping and development with many differences. These characteristics are reflected in the diversity in the form of worship and religious activities. Using some main methods such as synthesis methods, analytical methods, qualitative research methods with the approach of ethnic minority fieldwork through two forms of observation and participation as well as conducting in-depth interviews ... the research will cover access to features in the Mother worshiping tradition in Lam Dong on the basis of comparison with the worship of the same name throughout the country. Besides, the article also points out some of the main reasons leading to the formation of these characteristics.