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About the Đạo Mẫu Project — a Vietnamese Folk Religion Guide

Who compiles this English guide to Đạo Mẫu — the Vietnamese folk religion of Mother Goddess worship, inscribed by UNESCO in 2016 — and its editorial methods and sourcing standards.

About the compiler

This site is compiled by Andy Tran, a Vietnamese living far from home who grew up in a family where relatives served as spirit mediums and worshipped the Mother Goddesses. What I know of hầu đồng rituals, chầu văn and feast days came first from family; the rest comes from books, heritage records and published research.

The site gathers what I have read and heard, for myself and for Vietnamese far from home who want to understand their grandparents' faith. The English pages are for those who grew up overseas and for international readers. Every story rests on published sources, marks what is oral tradition or a variant, and corrections from readers are always welcome.

Purpose

This non-commercial cultural project makes research-informed introductions to Đạo Mẫu available in Vietnamese and English.

Editorial policy

We prioritise UNESCO records, cultural authorities, museums, scholarly books and peer-reviewed research. Oral accounts are labelled as tradition or variants rather than presented as verified archival history. Substantive corrections update both the visible text and its metadata.

Corrections

A correction request should identify the URL, disputed passage and a checkable source. The project does not accept payment for editorial conclusions or links.