Sticky rice cakes

In the short story "Reflection of Spring" by Duong Thu Huong
Sticky rice, known as xôi (cooked) or gao nep (uncooked) in Vietnamese, is most typically eaten during each full moon as offerings. It is also common during Tết, the Vietnamese New Year. It is often colored with food dye or cooked with mung beans. Vietnamese also prepare sticky rice cake (Banh Chung) and brew red sticky rice, resulting in an alcoholic beverage called "ruou nep than".
Go to this website for more details about other countries' traditions on this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glutinous_rice