(HBO) - The Public Art Fair of Thinh Lang Ward (Hoa Binh City), which took place in early June 2019, attracted thousands of people to watch and cheer. Nearly 23h, the last performance was completed but everyone was still happy with the endless applause. Nearly 200 performers brought 31 performances of singing, dancing, instrumental performances, Muong gong.
Performances at the Thinh Lang Ward's Public
Art Festival (Hoa
Binh City)
in 2019.
The festival has the
participation of all classes of people, from teenagers to women, veterans,
elderly people, farmers, workers, officials ... There are silver-headed men and
women but they still enthusiastically perform. Some leaders, deputy leaders of
the neighborhood, cell secretary like Mr. Pham Huy Can, Dinh Cong Lap, Mrs.
Nguyen Thi Khuyen... are also performers.
Chairman of the
Fatherland Front of Thinh Lang Ward Nguyen Thi Ngoai commented: Interestingly,
the audience saw the performances of their neighbors, grandfather, grandmother,
mother, grandchildren, brother... Proudly,
the masses are the people who preserve and promote the cultural identity in the
heart of the city. The mass cultural movement in the ward is maintained and
developed vigorously.
Mrs. Nguyen Thi My
Binh, Chairman of the Ward People's Committee said: The mass culture has become
a spiritual food, improving the cultural life for the people. All 9 groups of
the ward have a performance team.
For the movement to
maintain and develop, from the beginning of the year, the Ward People's
Committee issued the operation plan for the whole year. On that basis, the
performance teams perform. Thinh Lang Ward regularly organizes competitions.
Conferences of the gruops and ward often have cultural shows.
Exciting from the
facility, Thinh Lang ward participates in city-level competitions and achieve
high prizes. At the Hoa Binh City Art
Festival in 2017, Thinh Lang ward won the first prize. Every two years,
performances are held again. The Ward will select and actively participate in
the Hoa Binh City Art Festival in 2019, contributing to the development of the
general movement in the area.
Hoa Binh province has carried out multiple programmes and initiatives to revive its cultural heritage which has gradually fallen into oblivion through the ebbs and flows of history.
The most prominent and defining feature in the prehistoric era of Hoa Binh is the Hoa Binh Culture. The Culture was first discovered in Hoa Binh. The significant prehistoric culture represents not only Vietnam but also Southeast Asia and southern China. Through excavations of cave sites in the limestone regions of Hoa Binh, French archaeologist M. Colani introduced the world to a "Stone Age in Hoa Binh province – Northern Vietnam" in 1927. On January 30, 1932, the First Congress of Far Eastern Prehistorians, held in Hanoi, officially recognised the Hoa Binh Culture.
Known as the "Land of Epic History”, Hoa Binh province, the gateway to Vietnam’s northwest, boasts a strategic location and a unique cultural tapestry woven by its ethnic minority communities.
The People's Committee of Luong Son District recently held a ceremony to receive the certificate recognizing Sau Communal House in Thanh Cao Commune as a provincial-level historical and cultural site.
Recognising the importance of cultural heritage preservation in protecting and promoting the value system of Vietnamese culture, and serving socio-economic development in the new period, Party committees and local administrations in Hoa Binh province have identified it as a key task in the cultural development strategy. The province has been making efforts in mobilising resources, creating consensus among people and engaging ethnic communities in preserving and promoting cultural identity.
Hoa Binh province has captured growing attention both domestically and internationally for its distinctive cultural heritage and rich history. Most notably, it has been renowned for its famous Hoa Binh culture, considered the cradle of ancient Vietnamese civilisation. Looking ahead to significant milestones in 2025 and the 140th anniversary of province establishment in 2026, Hoa Binh Newspaper presents a comprehensive overview of the province's development across economic, social, cultural, tourism, and security domains.