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(HBO) – Only with nearly 20 members but over many years, Hoa Binh photographers have made continuous effort to overcome difficulties, going down to the hamlets to build high humanitarian works, reflecting good customs and habits of ethnic minority groups, timely praising good examples in production, security order maintenance, etc. In addition, those photographers have been actively engaged in creation, participating in competitions and exhibitions to promote culture, people in Muong ethnic land to friends of other province and international ones.
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Photographs by the photographers of the
provincial Photograph Union displayed at the event of the 130th Anniversary of
the foundation of the province received much attention of the local people.
Composing new works is also the permanent
demand of every photographer. Therefore, in most of the province's major
events, photographers are being present timely. Many artists have closely
followed the movement of units in the province, down to the village, building
high humanity works, reflecting the fine customs of the ethnic people, praising
the mirrors in production, keeping the order security, praising the beauty of
the homeland in Hoa Binh.
Over the past years, the provincial
Photography Association has actively organized and participated in many photo
exhibitions such as photo exhibition for Mong ethnic people's Tet festival in
Pa Co commune; displaying and introducing works at Phu Cuong High School (Ky
Son); being exhibited at the Vietnam Poem Day (Cao Phong District), Vietnam
Book Day (Hoang Van Thu Gifted High School), Provincial Party Congress,
festivals ... Especially, the photographers are the core force in contests and
photo exhibitions such as "Peace for Life", "Hoa Binh - Identity
culture and Integration", "Colors of North West" ...
Every year, provincial photographers
regularly participate actively in photo contests of 15 provinces in the
Northern mountainous region. Since 2011, 635 works of provincial photographers
have been participated in the festival. Of which, 80 were selected to display
by the Statel Artistic Council and won the prizes. The authors of many quality
works chosen to display and be awarded are such as: Dao Duc Khanh, Hoang Dinh
Lai, Dinh Hai, Nguyen Xuan Thanh ... The main theme of the work is to closely
related to cultural life, customs, beautiful scenery of the province.
Mr. Hoang Dinh Lai, The Head of the
Provincial Photography Association, added: "The Association has actively
coordinated the organization of the creation camps, sent and encouraged the
members to participate in the camps, trained and exchanged to improve their
knowledge and experience of artwork creation for members. In the past five
years, the association has organized three camps for 54 participants. From
these camps, many good works have been completed and continued to build ideas
on the basis of reality approached. On this occasion, the participants had a
chance to listen to the prestigious artists of the field of photography to
exchange about the experience of writing and talk deeply about the art.
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.
