Felt making is one of the oldest traditions, bearing an artistic and aesthetic value and symbolism closely associated with folk customs and rituals. The process of collecting wool is twice a year—in autumn and in spring. A story about the historical value and ubiquitous use of rams’ skins. The process and the staged technique of felting. One way to preserve traditional felt making. It is a question of the ecological value of felt, the methods of extraction from natural materials (plants and stones), and the use of certain ornaments associated with nature and animals.

Phu Dong Village in Vietnam holds a traditional festival to celebrate Saint Giong from the seventh to the ninth days of the fourth lunar month every year. One of the most important figures in the festival is Hieu, the Flag Commander. It is the Flag Commander's responsibility to select young men of good character from decent families in the village to serve the saint. Those selected are honored by the local residents after taking part in the festival.\n\nThis video shows the social and religious aspects of the lives of local people who worship their local god, as well as the spiritual life of the local community reflected in the festival.

Every year, the people of Nam Giang Village organize a traditional festival at Dai Bi Buddhist temple to commemorate Zen master Tu Dao Hanh. Starting from New Year's Eve to the festival period from the twentieth to the twenty-forth days of the second lunar month, a variety of Buddhist rituals mixed with fold beliefs are performed. \n\nIn particular, the sacred puppet theater serves to convey spiritual enlightenment to the people and deliver their wishes to the Buddha and saints through music and dance. This video tells the story of the members of a Buddhist puppet theater troupe who pray for the wellbeing and happiness of their community.

The Tai communities live in Son La, Lai Chau, Yen Bai and Dien Bien provinces in the Northwest of Viet Nam. Kin Pang Then is one of Then's important rituals of the Tai people. This is the occasion where the Then master and his followers perform a thanksgiving ritual for the Then god. The ritual includes songs and music that symbolically express the journey of the Then Master to travel to the other world to look for the lost souls of the disciples/clients and to call the souls coming back to their bodies. The film is about the destined ritual Master and his ritual performance with Xoe dance for healing, good luck and well being for the local people. The film demonstrates the spiritual life and religious Then practice of the Tai in Northwestern religion in Viet Nam.

Located in the east of Lam Kinh historical site, the site of the Le dynasty in Vietnamese history, Xuan Pha village, Xuan Truong commune, Tho Xuan district, Thanh Hoa province also retains ancient and mysterious folk performances until today. In this celebration, the neighboring countries came to bring offerings to pay tribute to the King of Vietnam. They performed congratulatory mask dances at the traditional village festival. The film demonstrates the efforts of the generations to maintain and transmit the performance to young people. They practice as their cultural expression that continues for generations.

Dodol is a representative sweet treat of the Melaka region that is loved by people of all ages in Malaysia for its distinc\u0002tive sweet taste. The traditional method of making dodol is a complicated process using a firewood brazier. Although dodol is mostly mass-produced by machinery these days, its unique tradition has been very much kept alive. \n\nThis video takes a close look at the characteristic taste and process of making this traditional snack, while also captur\u0002ing how community members not only earn a living but also build bonds across generations through dodol.\n\nA closer look into one of malaysia’s sweet treats that is famous in Melaka dodol. How wonderfully tasty they are, how villagers are able to make a living thanks to them, and how the process of making them brings a community closer, regardless of age. The traditional way of making dodol using firewood has not lost its uniqueness and is still relevant even though machineries are mostly used to make them in larger quantities now due to the demand in malaysia and the vision of marketing dodol globally for the rest of the world to enjoy.\n

Pua Kumbu is, to date, the sole weaving technique transmit\u0002ted by the Iban people in Sarawak, Malaysia. It embodies a centuries-long history and tradition. A variety of natural mate\u0002rials from the country’s tropical rainforests are used to create diverse motifs that symbolize the identity of the Iban people. As its designs typically originate from ideas that come to seasoned craftsmen in dreams, Pua Kumbu is based on the creator’s imagination, although some designs are inspired by cosmology or oral history. This video shows the ritual offering to avoid misfortune prior to weaving the textile, as well as multiple stages of weaving.

Sarawak layer cake, known as kek lapis, is a dessert served on special days in Sarawak, Malaysia. Malaysians bake kek lapis in celebration of events from various religions and cultures, including Eid al-Fitr, Christmas, Diwali, and more generally birthdays and weddings. \n\nThis video introduces traditional cake-making recipes through an interview with Rabiah Amit, who has been active in the kek lapis industry for forty years.

Syair is a form of traditional Malay poetry that is made up of four-line stanzas or quatrains. The syair can be a narrative poem, a didactic poem, a poem used to convey ideas on religion or philosophy, or even one to describe a historical event.\n\nThe word syair is derived from the Arabic word shi’r, a term that covers all genres of Arabic/Islamic poetry. However, the Malay form which goes by the name syair is somewhat different and not modelled on Arabic poetry or on any of the genres of Perso-Arab poetry.\n\nThe earliest known record of syair is from the work of Hamzah Fansuri, a famous Malay poet in the 17th century.The most famous syair is a 1847 poem by Raja Pengiran Indera Mahkota Shahbandar: Syair Rakis. It is considered to be the passage to modern Malaysian literature.

This ancient theatre form created by Malaysia’s Malay communities combines acting, vocal and instrumental music, gestures and elaborate costumes. Specific to the villages of Kelantan in northwest Malaysia, where the tradition originated, Mak Yong is performed mainly as entertainment or for ritual purposes related to healing practices.

Trần Thương Temple Festival in Nhân Đạo Commune, Lý Nhân District, Hà Nam Province\nTrần Thương temple - one of the three largest and holiest temples in the Red River delta is dedicated to worship Trần Quốc Tuấn or Trần Hưng Đạo, a supreme commander of Viet Nam during the Trần dynasty and his army to defeat the Mongolian – Yuan invaders in the 13th century.\n

In the historical books and folk beliefs of the Việt, there have been many stories and legends of Thánh Gióng - the Saint of the ancient Việt who was considered as one of the four immortal gods by the Vietnamese nationwide. The monarchic dynasties of the Great Việt in Vietnam bequeathed him as a Heavenly King. Legend has it that he was born as the result of a magical union between a girl from Gióng village and the giant footprint of the rain god in the Việt’s myths. At the age of three, he grew miraculously into a giant after hearing the King’s appeal to find gifted people to save the country and its people. After defeating the foreign invaders, the hero went to Sóc mountain and flew into the heaven.