Preparations for Tet

There has been bustle with dragon costume and drum for weeks, and a tinkling on piano that sounds vaguely like Tet songs. IGS is back on track to celebrate Tet. Grade 8 and 9 boys are busy practicing their dragon dances; classmates improvise drum tattoos; lush ao dai are taken down, shaken and ironed out for the big day.
The school grounds are hung with congratulatory bunting; flowers, yellow and pink, bloom overnight. The Buffalo is dead – long live the year of the Tiger!
At 14:40, 28 February 2022, the day will arrive. And then the dance will start, the people will rejoice, and the new year will begin.