Dragon Boat Festival, eat glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in banana leaves.

Each step in the process of wrapping the dumplings must be done meticulously.

Every year during the Dragon Boat Festival, glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in banana leaves are a common sight on the offering trays and in the kitchens of Vietnamese families.

The leaves are soaked thoroughly before being used to wrap the cakes.

The cake has an upright triangular shape, which can be interpreted according to the principles of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements: the triangle represents the Yang Fire on the outside, enveloping and harmonizing with the Yin Earth of the cake inside.

Glutinous rice is also soaked in lye water so that the cakes have a golden yellow color when cooked.

The colors of the cake also symbolize the colors of the earth. Returning to the earth, yet the yin and yang are in harmony, leading to rebirth and growth. That is the logic of creation.

The cakes must be wrapped tightly to prevent them from coming undone during cooking.

Throughout Quang Nam province, people traditionally make glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in banana leaves to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival. The leaves are harvested from the mountains and transported to the lowlands. The glutinous rice is soaked thoroughly with carefully filtered sesame ash. The dumplings must be wrapped evenly and firmly, ensuring that the leaves don't break after boiling and that they have an attractive triangular shape. The glutinous rice takes about 6 hours to cook thoroughly and blend with the ash and the color of the leaves.

The fire must be strong enough for the cakes to cook evenly.

On the Dragon Boat Festival, holding a string of glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in banana leaves, you can smell the fragrant aroma of fermented glutinous rice wafting through each layer of leaves...

After 6 hours, the cakes were taken out of the oven.

These are traditional glutinous rice dumplings.

The cake is golden yellow.

Source: https://baoquangnam.vn/tet-doan-ngo-an-banh-u-tro-3136104.html