The performance team of the elderly people in Me Boi hamlet, Kim Lap commune (Kim Boi) are performing the dance "The Stroke of the countryside” on the Muong folk music in the Festival of the Great National Unity.

Mr. Bui Van Tin, the Vice Chairman of the Communal People's Committee says that after merging, in the commune there are 9 hamlets with 2,003 households, and Muong ethnic people account for 98%. Over the past time, with the attention of the Party Committee and the authorities, the cultural, entertaining and sports movements among the people have been promoted. In addition to the resolution on the economic development, the communal Party Committee issued the resolution, and the communal People’s Committee has a plan to promote the cultural and entertaining movement associated with preserving the identity of the Muong ethnic group.

On the occasions of festivals, New Year, celebrations and important days of the year, the commune has been maintaining the exchanging activities, the public performances to attract and arouse the movement. Every year, there is a mechanism to support part of the budget to encourage the helmets’ performance teams to participate in practice. In addition, in the contests and festivals, the locality also has gifts to promptly encourage, praise and reward the performance teams.

From the cultural movement and mass culture, the commune has selected the core cultural nuclei to participate in contests and performances at the district’s level. At the same time, through the lyrics, the dances and the performances of Muong gongs with its own unique features, the conservation and preservation of the cultural identity among the people has been promoted, and it has been more and more popular and spreading. Thereby, it has been contributing to encouraging the spirit of enthusiastic production labor, building a new countryside, building a cultural life in the residential area. In 2020, the average income per capita of the commune is estimated at 26 million VND. Through the review, 80% of households have met the standards of the cultural family.

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