More than 1,000 artisans from five Central Highlands provinces will perform at the 2018 Gong Cultural Festival scheduled to take place from November 30 to December 2 in Gia Lai province.
Illustrative photo (Photo:
VNA)
The event will feature many traditional
festivals and rituals in the region, along with special regional dishes.
During the festival, visitors can engage in community-based tours to explore
daily life of local people and beautiful landscape in Gia Lai.
The festival is expected to welcome between 25,000 and 30,000 visitors along
with 300 invited guests from ministries, sectors and UNESCO Vietnam, foreign
embassies and consulate generals in Vietnam.
Nguyen Quang Tue, from the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and
Tourism, said more than half of over 10,000 sets of gongs in the Central
Highlands are now being preserved by Gia Lai province.
The Cultural Space of Gong of Tay Nguyen was recognised by the UNESCO as a
masterpiece of the oral and intangible heritage of the humanity in 2005. It is
closely linked to the daily life of local people. Their belief systems form a
mystical world where the gongs produce a privileged language between men,
divinities and the supernatural world.
The Central Highlands region comprises five provinces of Lam Dong, Gia Lai, Dak
Lak, Dak Nong and Kon Tum.
Source: VNA
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.
