(HBO) - Every year, the province’s photographers have brought their art works to the photo contest of 15 northern mountainous provinces.
Since 1998, as many as 1,800 works by local photographers have been sent to the contest. The works mainly feature the culture, customs, practices and landscapes of the Muong land.
For photo contests in the province, local artists often participate irregularly, because there are few photo contest in the locality. From 1998 to 2018, only six contests were organized. However, the contests gathered many high-quality photos.
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The photo "Hat thuong rang, bo meng” by a member of
the provincial photography association.
The
provincial photography association has 18 members, most of who are retirees or are
working in Hoa Binh city. To prepare for the contests, the association’s
members often go in groups to mountainous and remote areas of the locality, so
as to capture moments of the life there.
The photographers travel to Muong Bi, Muong Thang and Muong Vang to capture images
of the yellow carpet of ripe rice on terraced rice fields, hills covered by
ripe Cao Phong orange and Tan Lac pomelo.
They also cross
Thung Khe to visit Van, Lac and Pa Co villages in the faraway Mai Chau
district, where they can take photos of idyllic landscapes with vast forest,
and Tu, Lao and Dong Bang waterfalls.
In the last three years, the provincial literature and arts association has
no funds to open creative camps for members of the provincial photography association, but
with their own effortsand passion for capturing
the beauty of nature and human life in
villages and hamlets, localartists have taken many
beautiful photos, which wonmany
awards in regional contests.
Hoa Binh’s unique culture of various ethnic minority groups has created inspiration for local photographers. From 2016
- 2018, Hoa Binh photographers
sent 310 art works to the photo contest for artists from 15 provinces of the Northern
mountainous region. Two of
those won silver prizes, and five other photos were presented Consolation
prizes, while a total of 32 were selected for exhibitions./.
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."
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.
Great National Unity Day has been recently celebrated in Duong hamlet, Vay Nua commune, Da Bac district, in an atmosphere of warmth and community spirit. The event highlighted national identity and strengthened the bond of solidarity among residents.
On November 28, the People's Committee of Cao Phong district organized the Cultural and Sports Festival of Cao Phong district's ethnic groups in 2024.
