(HBO) – Lap communal house was previously located in Ha Bi commune, now Lap Chieng commune, Kim Boi district, Hoa Binh province. From May 21-25, 1948, the first congress of the provincial Party Committee took place there. This was an important historical and political event which marked the maturity of the provincial Party Committee in the resistance war against French colonialists.
Art
performance celebrates recognition of Lap communal house as provincial
revolutionary historical relic site.
According to the elderly in the area, Lap
communal house was erected at the end of the 19th century. It was mainly made
of wood with one compartment and two lean-tos. There is an alter inside called
Cung So to worship the gods of the villages named "Ong Moi” and "Ba Nanh”.
People hold festival at the house on the eighth day of the first lunar month
annually.
With its historical and political significance,
Lap communal house was recognised as a provincial revolutionary historical
relic site on January 5, 2019, by the provincial People’s Committee. This is an
important legal foundation for the management, protection and promotion of the
house’s values in the short and long run. It is also an honour and pride of the
Party Committee, authorities and people of Kim Boi district./.
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The provincial Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism on December 24 organised a conference to report on the results of collecting, researching, restoring, and preserving "Bi doi”, a musical instrument of the airophonic family and a traditional instrument of the Muong ethnic people in Da Bac district.
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