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Богоматерь Лавангская: история возникновения и особенности почитания адаптированного образа Девы Марии
This chapter is dedicated to the phenomena of Our Lady of La Vang, the most famous image of Virgin Mary in Vietnam. The largest center of Catholic pilgrimage in modern Vietnam is situated in Central Vietnam, in La Vang, where in 1798, according to the legend, Virgin Mary appeared to Catholics, suffering from persecution. In 1990-s Our Lady of La Vang was re-imaged as Vietnamese woman, wearing Vietnamese traditional dress áo dài. This article examines history of the La Vang Sanctuary, the process of Vietnamization of Our Lady of La Vang and the attitude of the Holy See toward the indigenization of the religion among Vietnamese Catholics. This image is very popular among the Vietnamese Catholics diaspora in USA, where about 20 parishes and shrines are consecrated to Our Lady of La Vang. Although it was reported about another Marian apparition, in Trà Kiệu (Quang Nam province), neither Trà Kiệu nor image of Our Lady of Trà Kiệu are not so famous. I argue that popularity and significance of the Our Lady of La Vang are due to several historical, social and cultural factors, and this image is an important manifestation of the Vietnamese Catholics identity.