(HBO) – Being located at the Northwest gateway of the country, Hoa Binh province is known for its famous "Hoa Binh Culture" - the cultural center of the ancient Vietnamese people, and the legendary epic of "De Dat, De Nuoc”. Moreover, this is the land of festivals and the treasure of folk music of ethnic groups of Muong, Dao Thai, Tay, Mong, etc., where is full of folk songs "sweet like honey bees, fresh like streams". Therefore, despite the ancient or the reality, Hoa Binh is still the promised land for great literature and art performances.
The art performance team of the provincial
ethnic minority organizes many performances for serving the political and
cultural events of the province and the local people.
To be encouraged and set up the background
for the past 10 years, the literature writers and artists of the province have
composed and advertised over 800 works, including 48 poems, 15 novels, 35 short
stories, 30 episodes being studied and collected; staging over 50 plays; composing
130 songs; over 100 concerts; over 450 photography works; over 100 works of
art. When being promoted to the public, art councils, hundreds of works have
been awarded prizes of literature and arts from the State to the locality. The
most outstanding works are collections, researches on culture, customs and
traditions of the Muong ethnic group of the artist Bui Huy Vong (whose works
have been awarded 11 awards of Vietnam Folk Arts Association). With his such
great contributions, in 2017, the talented artist Bui Huy Vong received the
National Prize for literature and art for his works of " ẩm thực dân gian Mường vùng huyện Lạc Sơn - Muong folk food in
Lac Son district” và "Tang lễ cổ truyền của
người Mường – the traditional Funeral of Muong ethnic
people”. The Poet Le Va, won the A prize at the poetry contest organized by the
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. The Painter Tran Thi Thu, whose works
won A prize in the contest held by the Vietnam Fine Arts Association. The
Photographer Nguyen Xuan Thanh, in turn, has won A and B prizes in photography
at the National level, etc.
To be dedicated fully to the arts, over the
years, our province has five artists being awarded the title of Elite Artist.
In the evening of March 28th, in Hoa Binh, the Department of Grassroots Culture (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) coordinated with the provincial Departments of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the city to organize a mobile propaganda contest to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7th, 1954 - May 7th, 2024) with the theme "Returning to Dien Bien”. There ứa the attendance of Mr. Nguyen Van Toan, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; the representatives of the leaders from a number of departments, branches and numerous veterans and Hoa Binh people.
In responding to the movement of "All people stay united to build cultural lifestyle”, over the years, Kim Boi district has conducted many practical and effective activities to promote solidarity and mutual support among the local community in sustainable poverty reduction and building cultural lifestyle and a healthy cultural environment, and maintaining national cultural identity.
Hoa Binh Pedagogical College has just held the closing ceremony of the training class and issued the certificate of the language of Muong ethnic people to the oficials, civil servants and public employees of courses I and II in 2023.
Hoa Binh is an ancient land home to limestone mountains running along the southeast direction and in parallel with Truong Son Mountain Range in the West, forming many basins and valleys with a rich diversity of fauna and flora. Humans came to reside here in the pre-historic period, creating the world-famous Hoa Binh Civilisation.
The Dao ethnic minority group in Hoa Binh province has preserved many unique cultural identities, especially rituals and belief. In particular, Nhay (dance) festival is the most important ritual with a long history, vividly reflecting the religious life of the local Dao people.
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