Vietnamese Mother Day

On the occasion of the Mother's Day, I would like to share this Webpage with those who are lucky to have again a mother, to show her our affection and to tell her A BIG THANKS. We can continue to pin a rose on our coats with the intention of showing not only the gratitude but also the immense joy to have an priceless  treasure, which has suggested the Vietnamese zen monk Thích Nhất Hạnh in the novel Bông hồng cài áo (A rose pinned on the coat)

It is also this feeling which late talented composer Trinh Công Son felt:

If I had a pink bunch of a priceless value, I would like to offer it to my mother. Unfortunately she was not there to receive it.

In spite of his educational level rather relatively low, the Vietnamese peasant manages to describe the maternal love in a way right and simple through the following proverb:

Mẹ già như chuối ba hương
Như xôi nếp một, như đường mía lau

My mother resembles a scented banana,
She is as sticky rice cooked with the vapor or sugar coming from the   sugarcane.

When one has the occasion to taste a banana “Ba hương”, one discovers not only his savor but also his perfume and his sweetened substance. It is what the peasant feels in the love that his mother continues to give him.

There is only the pink which can symbolize the indescribable affection that any Vietnamese likes to reserve to his mother carefully, to the one who   gave him the life but also the love of this country.

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