(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./.
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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