(HBO) – Thanks to the Resolution adopted at the fifth plenum of the 8th-tenure Party Central Committee on building and developing Vietnamese culture imbued with national identity, Mo Muong, a unique cultural heritage of the Muong ethnic group in Hoa Binh province, has been restored since 2000.


Mo Muong is a job and also a performance practiced at funerals, religious festivals, and life cycle rituals by the Muong ethnic group. The art consists of Mo prayers and performances, by Mo practitioners, or Mo artisans.

Hoa Binh province has viewed Mo Muong as a cultural heritage that needs to be preserved and promoted, and has included it in the Resolution of the provincial Party Congress for the 2015-2020 and 2020-2025 tenures.

The Resolution highlighted the mobilisation of resources to preserve and promote mountainous cultural identities of ethnic minority groups in combination with tourism development.

It also mentioned the submission of the dossier on Mo Muong to the UNESCO for recognition as an intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent protection.

Despite ups and downs, with the introduction of foreign culture, Mo Muong has maintained its vitality and nurtured the personality and soul of generations of Muong people.

To preserve the custom, the entire political system and people in Hoa Binh have implemented both short and long-term plans seeking the UNESCO’s recognition.

The Standing Board of the provincial Party Committee has ordered strengthening the leadership of all-level Party committees in realising the Law on Cultural Heritage and documents on the protection and promotion of cultural values, notably Mo Muong.

The board asked all-level Party committees, authorities, Vietnam Fatherland Front committees and social-political organisations to actively coordinate with relevant ministries, agencies and localities in seeking the Prime Minister’s approval to submit the dossier to the UNESCO.

Luu Huy Linh, Deputy Director of the provincial Director of Culture, Spots and Tourism, said his department will step up the communication work in the time ahead to raise public awareness of Mo Muong.

Mo Muong performances would be staged at programmes, festivals, cultural exchanges and other events in the province, he said.

The Mo Muong club in Lac Son district has been assigned to open Mo Muong classes, Linh said, adding that the department will also partner with its counterparts in a number of provinces where Muong people are living to complete the dossier. /.

 


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