Tet Nguyen Dan is the Vietnamese lunar New Year Festival and the most important Vietnamese holiday. Literally, Tet Nguyen Dan means the first morning of the first day of the new period. Tet falls sometime between the last ten days of January and the middle part of February. [courtesy of: https://www.psywarrior.com/TetPsyop.html]
Tet takes place on the first day of the first month of the Lunar calendar. This usually translates to late January or early February on the Gregorian calendar. In 2014 Tet will be celebrated on January 31.
The years are represented by 12 zodiac animals: rat, buffalo, tiger, cat, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. These animals rotate through 12-year periods. Each animal has different strengths and weaknesses that they are believed to pass on to any person born in their year. For example, the year of the dragon is considered the most noble and powerful of all the animals.
[courtesy of: https://www.holidaysia.com/events/tet/]
During the Vietnam War, TET Dates for 1958-1975 fell on the sequential Zodiac-dates of:
| | Zodiak (Rotation order) | TET | Year
|
1. | Rat | February 7 | 1960 | 1972 |
2. | Buffalo-Ox | January 26 | 1961 | 1973 |
3. | Tiger | February 14 | 1962 | 1974 |
4. | Cat-Rabbit | February 3 | 1963 | 1975 |
5. | Dragon | January 23 | 1964 | |
6. | Snake | February 10 | 1965 | |
7. | Horse | January 31 | 1966 | |
8. | Goat-Sheep | February 19 | 1967 | |
9. | Monkey | February 8 | 1968 | |
10. | Rooster-Chicken | January 28 | 1969 | |
11. | Dog | February 16 | 1958 | 1970 |
12, | Pig-Boar | February 5 | 1959 | 1971 |
Matrix by Don Poss
Ceasefire and bombing halts were declared during TET dates were never honored by North Vietnam. |
