(HBO) – Visiting Mai Chau district on autumn days, visitors could enjoy music and dance performances everywhere in jubilant atmosphere.

The district now has 183 art troupes, 138 of them were set up by the district People’s Committee and receive an annual aid worth 2 million VND. In hamlets, villages and community-based tourism areas in particular, 2-5 art troupes with 12-15 members regularly practise and perform. Ha Van Tuan, Director of the district Centre of Culture and Sports said the district recently successfully held a local art show 2017, attracting more than 340 artists from 21 troupes of communes and townships. They made 60 performances of songs and dances extolling the Party, Uncle Ho and soldiers, the tradition of heroic fighting by the Vietnamese nation through generations, and patriotism. Most of performances were thoroughly prepared and left deep impression on the audiences. Via art shows, mass music performances have proved to increase in both quantity and quality. 



Photo caption: A performance at Mai Chau district’s art show 2017

Apart from joining music performances as requested by authorities, almost all art troupes work voluntarily and actively popularise the Party’s policies and guidelines and State laws to the public. Thanks to support of the Party units, local authorities and private resources, art troupes equipped themselves with audio and light equipment, costumes, and instruments and actively composed scripts, directed and set the scene for their performances, which attracted many audiences. At present, grassroots art troupes play a crucial role in maintaining, preserving and upholding folk songs and dances, many of them draw elderly artists who still remember folk songs by the Muong, Dao, Thai ethnic groups and pass them on to younger generations. 

Not only being held during the New Year festival, local festivals are organised regularly, attracting numerous people from young to old ones. From mass art troupes, the district Centre of Culture and Sports chose outstanding artists and formed art troupes to join art shows held by the province. At the provincial art show 2017 held in mid-August, Mai Chau district’s art troupe brought to the stage excellent performances, which were welcomed by audiences and won A prize./.


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