Source: The Times-Picayune

On February 17, 2002, The Times-Picayune featured an article on Tet, the Vitnamese Buddhist New Year. Many from the New Orleans Vitenamese community gathered "at the Bo De Vietnamese Buddhist Fellowship temple in Algiers [LA, and] slipped off their shoes and entered the sanctuary. A monk led chants and offered a blessing for the New Year, and members of the congregation received apples and lucky money... The celebration continues at Bo De this weekend with a festival highlighted by dragon dance performances and a visit from the Louisiana chapter of the Military Academy of the Republic of Vietnam Army's Alumni Association, a group of former South Vietnamese officers."