The Story Of Areca And Betel Nut

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The story of Areca and Betel Nut Have you ever heard a myth or a fairytale in your life? I think that every person actually hears a myth or a fairytale at least one time in their life. Like every child when I was a little girl, my mom had to tell me a story for me before I went to sleep. Characters in the myth will go with me into my dream and I will have a good dream with them. The story that I like the best is the story of Areca and Betel Nut, and I still remember until I have grown up. This is a popular folklore story about real love, and we can learn the origin of how the fruit areca and betel nut became an important offering during wedding ceremonies. Today, I will tell you about the meaningful story that I like the best in my life to let people know more about the traditions in my country from this story. Long, long ago, at the time of Hung King, the Cao’ family had two sons named Tan and Lang. Both the same as casting, especially to the appearance and voice is exactly the same, so that the righteous people in the house were also often confused. The two brothers loved each other and took care of each other so much that it made everyone in the village had praised them. The brothers grew up, their parents died in tandem. The two brothers still lived each other and never leave half a step. The father closed his eyes before sending Cao Tan to Luu who is a teacher to help the father to take care of two brothers. The two loved each other very deeply and they both studied with the same teacher who had a very beautiful young girl at a marriageable age. It was a Vietnamese custom that the elder was to marry first, so the girl’s parents invited the two young men for dinner. However, they only served one pair of chopsticks and hid behind a bamboo screen and watched. It is also a Vietnamese custom that the younger brother must pay his respect to his older brother at all
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