(HBO) – Many educational institutions in Hoa Binh province have organised practical activities to raise their students’ awareness of traditional culture, such as opening classes on Muong gongs, establishing clubs, and introducing folk games as extracurricular activities.
Students at the provincial boarding high school for
ethnic minorities are proud and confident wearing traditional dresses.
Since 2019, Quyet Thang High School in Lac Son
district has maintained a club to educate its students about preserving and
upholding Muong people’s traditional culture.
Dinh Thi Hao, Vice Principal of Quyet Thang High
School, said that since its establishment in October 2019, the 30-member club
has operated effectively and contributed significantly to improving the
school’s education quality comprehensively.
The boarding secondary and high school for
ethnic minorities in Cao Phong district has also focused on educating its
students about preserving traditional culture over the past years. During
extra-curricular activities and important events, its students wear their
traditional costumes. In particular, in October 2022, the school collaborated
with the district Office of Culture and Information in organising a class on
Muong gongs, with the participation of 50 students, and launched the Muong
Thang cultural preservation club.
According to leaders of the provincial
Department of Education and Training, such activities have contributed to
preserving and promoting traditional culture, helped young people understand
and love traditional cultural values, and created a healthy and friendly
learning environment, contributing to improving education quality in the
locality./.
In the evening of March 28th, in Hoa Binh, the Department of Grassroots Culture (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) coordinated with the provincial Departments of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the city to organize a mobile propaganda contest to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7th, 1954 - May 7th, 2024) with the theme "Returning to Dien Bien”. There ứa the attendance of Mr. Nguyen Van Toan, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; the representatives of the leaders from a number of departments, branches and numerous veterans and Hoa Binh people.
In responding to the movement of "All people stay united to build cultural lifestyle”, over the years, Kim Boi district has conducted many practical and effective activities to promote solidarity and mutual support among the local community in sustainable poverty reduction and building cultural lifestyle and a healthy cultural environment, and maintaining national cultural identity.
Hoa Binh Pedagogical College has just held the closing ceremony of the training class and issued the certificate of the language of Muong ethnic people to the oficials, civil servants and public employees of courses I and II in 2023.
Hoa Binh is an ancient land home to limestone mountains running along the southeast direction and in parallel with Truong Son Mountain Range in the West, forming many basins and valleys with a rich diversity of fauna and flora. Humans came to reside here in the pre-historic period, creating the world-famous Hoa Binh Civilisation.
The Dao ethnic minority group in Hoa Binh province has preserved many unique cultural identities, especially rituals and belief. In particular, Nhay (dance) festival is the most important ritual with a long history, vividly reflecting the religious life of the local Dao people.
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