The provincial Department of Culture, Sports and
Tourism proposed the provincial People’s Committee revive four traditional
festivals, namely Gau Tao Festival in Pa Co commune (Mai Chau district), Dinh
Ngoi Festival in Su Ngoi commune (Hoa Binh city), Cau Muong Festival in Muong
Chieng commune (Da Bac district), and Muong Dong Festival in Vinh Dong commune
(Kim Boi district).
According to the culture department, festivals
were organised in a larger scale and under strict monitoring of managerial
agencies in 2017. They combined traditional rituals and folk culture with
sports and cultural activities, attracting a great number of local residents.
The organisation of festivals has helped preserve traditional cultural values
of ethnic groups and meet people’s spiritual demand.
However, there remain shortcomings in the
organisation work as the festivals still had yet to be promoted widely. While
local residents haven’t been played an active role in festivals, infrastructure
at festival venues failed to meet the real demand. Organisers haven’t succeeded
in encouraging private support for festivals as well.
Last year, the culture department’s inspectorate
conducted 15 inspection trips to festivals. They warned festival organisers
about ensuring security and order, environmental hygiene, fire prevention, and
superstitious activities.
It is a fact that the number of festivals has
been on the rise. Deputy Director of the culture department Luu Huy Linh said
people tend to revive festivals to satisfy their spiritual demand.
To improve festival organisation, bring into
play their fine traditions and address shortcomings, the department provided advice
to the provincial People’s Committee on the management of festivities in 2018,
he noted.
He elaborated that Hoa Binh will press on with
implementing relevant directions of the Party Secretariat and the Government,
especially the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s Circular 15, dated
December 22, 2015, on the organisation, management and planning of festivals.
Inter-sectoral inspection teams are carrying out
inspections from January 2 to March 24. They will look into the adherence to
legal regulations by accommodation establishments and providers of tourism,
parking and transport services. Admission collection and environmental hygiene
at festivals will also be examined. Meanwhile, it is necessary to step up
communications to improve festival goers’ awareness, Linh added./.
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