Creation, conservancy and preservation of cultural identities of ethnic groups

5/8/2018 - 11:06:52 AM

(HBO) - To contribute to preserving and promoting cultural identities of ethnic groups in Mai Chau, at the beginning of the school year 2017 - 2018, Mai Chau Town Primary School launched a movement that students attending classes will wear ethnic costume at least one day per week in a bid to help them deeply understand, respect and be proud of traditional beauty of their ethnicity.

Pupils of Mai Chau Town Primary School had a chance to experience community tourism, which contributes to educating children to appreciate the value of ethnic cultural identity.

In this year, there are 303 Thai-ethnic students, 198 Kinh (Viet)-ethnic students, 18 Mong-ethnic students, 15 Muong-ethnic students and others such as Dao and Tay ones.

Based on that, the school encourages children to wear their ethnic traditional costumes. This does not only help them remember the features of how to sew, how to embroider each pattern and motif, and understand the meaning that the older generation impart to each set of costumes, but also create a colorful picture of ethnic communities in the highland districts (Mai Chau).

Bao Ngoc Ha, a student of class 5A1 in Mai Chau Town Primary School, told: "I’m a Thai-ethnic student. At the beginning of year, my mother sewed a Thai girl ethnic costume. When I was wearing to attend the class, I felt very proud of my ethnicity. Moreover, after the studying time in classes, I usually help my mother embroider a lot of patterns in order to sew on pictures, handbags, scarfs and dressed which are advertised for tourists.

Not only encouraging to wear ethnic costumes as uniforms in the school, but the school also organizes folk songs and traditional games at the time of outdoor activities or in the break time in a purpose of that students can relax after stressful days of classes. These activities are favorited by many students and teachers, and the atmosphere in school also begins exciting and bustling. Therefore, every day for students to go to school is a happy day and the quality of study is also improved significantly.

Ms. Thanh Nhan Mai, a teacher managing youth union as well as a trade union chairwoman of school, said that perceiving and educating about ethnic traditions for the young generations are necessary to conserve and maintain cultural identities of ethnic groups in the future. Furthermore, students can discovery more features which are familiar to daily life, therefore, every edge of classes or traditional rooms of school are decorated carefully by students and teachers. They also collect many stuffs to make geometric models for everyone to visit, learn and help them more love and be proud of local cultures.

3.6 Billion VND Allocated to Preserve Traditional Cultural Values of Ethnic Minorities in Lạc Sơn District

As part of Project 6 under the national target program for socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas in 2024, Lạc Sơn District, Hoa Binh province focuses on diverse and practical activities to promote the project's goal: "Preserving and promoting the beautiful traditional cultural values of ethnic groups in conjunction with tourism development."

Mobilizing the power to preserve and promote the cultural heritage values

After 3 years of implementing Resolution No. 04-NQ/TU, dated October 11, 2021 of the Provincial Party Standing Committee on preserving and promoting the cultural heritage values of Hoa Binh province's ethnic groups in the period of 2021 – 2025 with the orientation to 2030 (NQ04), it has mobilized the participation of the entire political system, the people from all walks of life and there have been positive changes. So far, out of the 10 targets of NQ04, 3 targets have been met and exceeded the plan set for 2025. Typically, 70% of the intangible cultural heritage (ICH) of ethnic groups in the province is on the list of the national ICH items and they have been protected and restored, exceeding 20% of the proposed Resolution.