(HBO) – In traditional festivals, especially those organised after the lunar New Year, the presence of traditional dishes for display or selling has become a familiar image. It can be said that traditional cuisine has been existing and promoted in local festivals.
At
Muong Bi Khai ha (going down the field) festival, food stalls always draw a
crowd of many visitors.
The
Muong Bi Khai ha (going down the field) festival is an address visitors cannot miss
if wanting to learn about the Muong ethnic group’s culture. At this year’s
festival, each town and commune in Tan Lac district had a booth displaying its
specialties, in which dishes bearing Muong people’s cultural characteristics
always attract a lot of visitors.
On
the path to the festival, bamboo-tube rice, grilled fish and hot vegetable
steamers left strong impressions on visitors. Do Nhan commune brought its
attractive traditional dishes to this year’s festival, including grilled "dam
xanh” fish, steamed vegetables with 18 different kinds, steamed stream fish,
and seven-colour sticky rice. For Muong people, steaming and grilling have long
been the two most typical ways of cooking. They also like eating forest
vegetables with bitter taste or cooking meat with sour bamboo shoots and "la
lom” – a typical kind of leaf of the Muong people. Those typical dishes were
easily found in Muong Bi Khai ha festival. Steamed or grilled fish, chicken
meat fried with sour bamboo shoots, mixed vegetables, and bamboo-tube rice were
seen in almost all booths. In addition, many specialties in the mountainous
region, including frog, squirrel, and mouse, were also sold in the festival.
The
booths were busy at noon. The space under the bamboo canopy was an ideal place
for visitors to relax and enjoy traditional dishes of the Muong people./.
The 10th art festival for the armed forces, youths and students of Hoa Binh province celebrating the 80th founding anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army and 35th anniversary of the All People’s Defence Day wrapped up on April 25.
Xoe dance, an unique art form of the Thai ethnic minority group in Mai Chau district of Hoa Binh province has existed for a long time and passed down through generations. Xoe dance is not only a popular dance in the Thai community but also a unique cultural feature, an indispensable part in the Thai ethnic minority people's cultural and spiritual life.
The Bac Son pre-school in Hung Son commune, Kim Boi district is effectively implementing a model of preserving and promoting cultural identity of the Muong ethnic group.
Through ups and downs, many unique cultural features of the Muong ethnic minority group are facing risks of falling into oblivion. However, with a strong determination, Lac Son district of Hoa Binh province has deployed synchronous solutions to preserve and promote the locality's cultural heritage values.
If Tan Lac is considered the core of the cradle of Muong culture in Hoa Binh, Phong Phu commune is the cultural centre of Muong culture in Tan Lac district. Luy Ai hamlet in Phong Phu commune is where customs and traditions of Muong Bi are preserved. Luy Ai hamlet was chosen to build a space to preserve Muong ethnic culture. The district is seeking support from the province and coordinating with relevant agencies to devise a plan on preservation of Muong cultural spaces associated with developing tourism products and improving the lives of local residents.
Nguyen Manh Tuan, a Muong ethnic man in Ba Hang Doi town, Lac Thuy district, is known as a young, dedicated, and outstanding artisan who has made significant contributions in collecting, restoring, and preserving national cultural values.
