
What should we eat during the Dragon Boat Festival to ward off insects?
Killing insects with certain foods is a Vietnamese tradition on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month; so what should you eat during the Dragon Boat Festival to kill insects?

Killing insects with certain foods is a Vietnamese tradition on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month; so what should you eat during the Dragon Boat Festival to kill insects?

Traditionally, during the Dragon Boat Festival, people eat sticky rice cakes, eat fruit, drink glutinous rice wine, and bathe in fragrant herbal water to ward off insects and diseases.

Sticky rice wine, duck meat, sour fruits... are popular dishes that many families use to "kill insects" on the Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month).