(HBO) - A club to preserve and promote Mo Muong cultural heritage was established in Tan Lac district in early April, bringing together 26 members from local communes and towns. The club has the task of collecting, preserving, and promoting the Mo Muong cultural heritage.

Artisan Dinh Cong Tinh from My Hoa commune in Tan Lac
district performs an excerpt from a Mo folk song "Mountain Flower Garden”.
Mo Muong is a sacred ritual that has been used in funerals and
some rituals to pray for the good health of the Muong ethnics. Mo Muong is a job and also a performance practiced at funerals,
religious festivals, and life cycle rituals by the ethnic Muong sorcerers. It
consists of three main components namely Mo words, performing environment and
people who practice Mo singing.
"The
district has helped localities establish such clubs to create the conditions
for sorcerers to meet, study, preserve, and promote the values of Mo
Muong,” said Dinh Son Tung, head of the District Department of Culture and
Sports. "There are seven Mo Muong clubs in the district, six of which are
commune-level clubs. All have operating regulations and have proven efficient.”
Figures show
there are about 180 senior sorcerers practicing in Tan Lac district. Of these, 41 are
elderly (over 70 years old) and possess rich knowledge and experience about the
Mo Muong. The others are younger and practice only simple Mo rituals.
Sorcerers attach importance
to preserving and promoting the values of the cultural heritage, regularly
exchange information, introduce and teach Mo Muong in line with the conventions
of residential areas and the law.
According
to Secretary of the District Party Committee Dinh Anh Tuan, most local artisans
practicing Mo Muong are living in difficult circumstances. There are no
mechanisms and policies to support and encourage them in teaching Mo Muong to
the younger generation.
It is
necessary to establish these clubs to honour the heritage and at the same time preserve
and promote values in the present and the future, he noted.
Tan Lac district
is focusing on publicising the District Party Committee’s directive on
strengthening the Party’s leadership in preserving and promoting Mo Muong
heritage values. The district also worked to promote it among public employees,
workers, students and people from all walks of life, raising awareness about collecting,
preserving, and upholding heritage values.
Tan Lac
district aims to maintain and encourage artisans to continue practicing and
teaching Mo Muong regularly. Localities are encouraged to establish clubs and
honour those who directly preserve the cultural treasures of the Muong people. Linking
Mo Muong with community tourism activities would also effectively promote their
heritage./.
With an increasingly vibrant and widespread emulation movement aimed at building cultured residential areas and cultured families, Yen Thuy District has been making steady progress toward improving both the material and spiritual well-being of its people, while fostering a civilized, prosperous, beautiful, and progressive community.
Once lacking recreational spaces and community facilities, Residential Group 2 in Quynh Lam Ward (Hoa Binh City) has recently received attention for the construction of a new, spacious, and fully equipped cultural house. The project followed the model of state support combined with public contributions in both labor and funding.
The "All people unite to build cultural life" movement, which has been effectively integrated with Kim Boi district’s socio-economic development goals, is fostering a lively spirit of emulation across local residential areas, hamlets, villages, public agencies, and enterprises. In addition, through the initiative, traditional cultural values are being preserved and promoted, while community solidarity and mutual support in poverty reduction and economic development are being strengthened.
A working delegation of the Hoa Binh provincial People’s Committee led by its Permanent Vice Chairman Nguyen Van Toan on June 11 inspected the progress of a project to build the Mo Muong Cultural Heritage Conservation Space linked to tourism services in Hop Phong commune, Cao Phong district.
Born and growing in the heroic land of Muong Dong, Dinh Thi Kieu Dung, a resident in Bo town of Kim Boi district, in her childhood was nurtured by the sweet lullabies of her grandmother and mother. These melodies deeply imprinted on her soul, becoming an inseparable part of her love for her ethnic group's culture. For over 20 years, this love for her hometown has driven Dung to research, collect, and pass down the cultural values of the Muong people to future generations.
In the final days of May, the Ethnic Art Troupe of Hoa Binh Province organized performances to serve the people in remote, mountainous, and particularly disadvantaged areas within the province. These were not just ordinary artistic shows, but they were the meaningful journeys aimed at spreading cultural values, enhancing the spiritual life of the people and contributing to the preservation of ethnic minority cultural identities.