(HBO) – In the recent past, the amateur musical movement in Luong Son district of Hoa Binh province has developed strongly. Amateur musical clubs and troupes have been set up in villages and residential areas with the participation of a large number of people of all ages, thus helping enrich the community’s spiritual life and preserve traditional cultural values.
Members of the musical troupe of Coi village in Tan
Vinh commune (Luong Son district) rehearse gong performances to prepare for
coming shows.
Coi village boasts a strong amateur musical
movement in Tan Vinh commune. Bui Thi Chinh, head of the village’s musical
troupe, said they gather at the village’s cultural centre every weekend evening
to train for the coming communications contest as well as major anniversaries
and local political events. Thanks to these training sessions, members have
also had a chance to better understand one another and enhance solidarity.
At present, amateur arts troupes in localities
of Luong Son district are busy preparing for the communications contest 2022.
Aside from modern singing and dancing performances, folk songs, dances and
traditional musical instruments are also form part of their shows so as to help
preserve traditional culture.
Nguyen Thi Thu Hang, head of the district’s
culture and information division, said the amateur musical movement is
developing strongly. Aside from grassroots art troupes in localities, many
agencies, associations and organisations also set up their musical clubs and
troupes.
She noted a number of these clubs and troupes
have utilised private funding to purchase performance costumes and musical
instruments, maintain their activities, and take part in contests and shows at
different levels. In addition, they have also made use of their performances to
disseminate the Party’s guidelines, the State’s policies and laws, and their
localities’ regulations, which has received warm support from the local
audiences.
To continue helping implement the plan on
preserving and bringing into play outstanding intangible cultural heritage
values of ethnic groups in Hoa Binh province for the 2018 - 2030 period, the
culture and information division of Luong Son district has worked with the
Centre for Culture, Information and Communications to open annual training
courses on the Muong ethnic group’s gong culture, folk songs and folk dances
for local art troupes. The move also aimed at creating a new generation of
young artisans who will uphold the cultural heritage, including songs and
dances, of the Muong people, according to Hang./.
As a land deeply intertwined with human history and Vietnam’s millennia-long journey of nation-building and defence, Hoa Binh is often revered for its epic tales and legends.
Residents of Hoa Binh boast a rich cultural identity, reflected in their unique language, traditional attire, customs, and folk melodies – described as "sweet as honey, clear as a mountain stream.”
Lac Son district’s Vu ban town held the 2025 Truong Kha temple festival on April 12–13 (the 15th–16th days of the third lunar month). Since its revival in 2019, the festival has been organised every three years, preserving valuable intangible heritage while meeting the community’s cultural and spiritual needs.
The clothing of women reflects the culture of the Muong, Thai, Tay, Dao, and Mong ethnic groups in the northern province of Hoa Binh.
Gongs hold a special place in the cultural and spiritual life of the Muong ethnic people in Hoa Binh province. More than musical instruments, they are an indispensable part of community rituals and collective memory, echoing through generations as a spiritual thread linking the past, present, and future.
Preserving and promoting the cultural values of the Muong ethnic group has become an urgent task in the current context, as many traditional values face the risk of fading away. This effort requires not only protecting the cultural identity but also eliminating outdated customs and developing a modern cultural lifestyle, contributing to sustainable values for the Muong community in Hoa Binh province.
The Muong ethnic culture, deeply rooted in Vietnam’s mountainous north, continues to be preserved and revitalised by dedicated individuals and communities determined to safeguard their ancestral identity.
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