(HBO) - Over the past years, to carry out Directive 41-CT/TW, issued by the 11th-tenure Party Central Committee’s Secretariat on February 5, 2015, on enhancing the Party’s leadership over the management and organisation of festivals, the culture, sports and tourism sector of Hoa Binh province has worked hard to uphold and bring into play traditional cultural values.
A tutelary god palanquin procession in the Khai ha
(going to the field) festival in the Muong Bi area of Tan Lac district.
Deputy Director of the provincial Department of
Culture, Sports and Tourism Luu Huy Linh said thanks to the attention of provincial
leaders and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as well as efforts of local
authorities, the preservation and promotion of intangible cultural heritage
values have been stepped up.
There are hundreds of spring festivals across
Hoa Binh at present, including over 40 festivals of local ethnic minorities restored
recently such as the Khai ha Muong Bi Festival in Tan Lac district, the Xen Ban
and Xen Muong festivals of the Thai ethnic group in Mai Chau district, the Gau
Tao Festival of Mong people in Mai Chau, and the Long Tong Festival of Tay
people in Da Bac district.
Under the provincial administration’s
directions, local relic sites have been restored and upgraded. Nineteen of the
68 relic sites in the province have been rated so far while the management,
protection, and promotion of values of these places have been associated with
the organisation of festivals.
Party committees, authorities and organisations
from the provincial to grassroots levels have taken action to enhance their
leadership over the management and organisation of festivals. The target is to
organise local festivals in a solemn, economical, and effective manner that is
in line with fine customs and traditional cultural values so as to meet
people’s cultural and spiritual demand. They expect that by doing so, festivals
in Hoa Binh will attract more visitors, thus better preserving and bringing
into play cultural identities of ethnic minority groups in the province./.
Once a vibrant part of the daily life for the Muong ethnic group in Hoa Binh province, traditional Muong singing styles such as "thuong rang bo meng” and "hat dup giao duyen” had faded over time. Today, local authorities and communities are working to restore and celebrate this cultural art form, recognising its value in preserving the group’s heritage.
Gau Tao Festival, one of the most important traditional festivals of the Mong ethnic minority group in Mai Chau district was held at the Pa Co stadium in Pa Co commune on January 11.
The ancient stone engravings dating back thousands of years in Suoi Co valley in My Thanh commune, Lac Son district, used to astonished domestic archaeologists. What their meaning is and what message they convey are the questions to which scientists are seeking answers.
Preserving and promoting unique cultural identities of ethnic communities in Hoa Binh province is considered a crucial task amid in the international integration trend.
More than just a cultural and historical attraction, the Muong Cultural Heritage Museum is playing a vital role in fostering sustainable tourism in the Northwestern region of Vietnam, particularly in Hoa Binh province. It stands as a model for the emerging trend of "responsible tourism," cleverly blending the preservation of cultural heritage with community economic development, raising awareness of Muong ethnic cultural values while promoting green tourism and sustainable growth.
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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