(HBO) - On October 28, Yen Thuy district held the first congress of Mo Muong club, term 2022 - 2027. There were 27 delegates attending the congress, including 23 residents in Yen Thuy district, 4 delegates from Lac Thuy district. At the congress, the delegates heard a report on the results of the campaign to establish Mo Muong club of the district. The delegates officially consulted to elect the Executive Committee consisting of 9 magicians. The Executive Board elects a Standing Committee consisting of 3 magicians, in which, the magician Bui Quang Thom from Bao Hieu commune is the club's president, and the magician Truong Duc Him is the club's vice president.
The
Executive Board of Mo Muong Club, term 2022 - 2027, in Yen Thuy district, is
launching the congress.
The meeting voted to approve the club's charter
with 4 chapters and 19 articles. Accordingly, Mo Muong Club in Yen Thuy
district has been established with a view to promoting learning and exchanging
knowledge in professional activities, collecting, scientific research,
preserving, teaching and disseminating the good values of Mo Muong. The club is
headquartered in the cultural house of Bao Hieu commune, and it operates on the
principles of voluntary, self-governing, democratic equality, self-financing,
and is under the state management of the Provincial People's Committee, the
Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Mo Muong is a folklore performance performing in
the rituals associated with the religious life of Muong ethnic people. Through
the review and statistics, there are nearly 30 active magicians in Yen Thuy
district. In order to create the conditions for the magicians to learn,
exchange, preserve and promote the cultural valuesn of Mo Muong, on November 5,
2021, the Chairman of Yen Thuy district’s People's Committee issued Decision
No. on the establishment of the Mo Muong club in the district. On June 27,
2022, the Provincial People's Committee issued Decision No. 1263 on allowing
the establishment of Muong Mo club in Yen Thuy district.
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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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