(HBO) – The "Khai ha" Muong Bi Festival is a traditional cultural and religious activity that has been restored and organised regularly in Phong Phu commune in Tan Lac district of Hoa Binh province since 2002.
The "Khai ha" Muong Bi Festival is a traditional cultural.
According to Bui Van Nho, Chairman of the Tan Lac People's
Committee and deputy head of the festival organising committee, said associated
with wet-rice agriculture, the folk festival is also known as a ceremony for
going down to the field or opening the forest door. After the event is
completed, people start working in the fields, praying for a year of favourable
weather and bountiful crops.
The organisation of this festival since 2002 aims to promote
the spirit of national unity and contribute to promoting socio-economic and
tourism development, maintaining political security, social order and safety,
and raising knowledge on preserving ethnic cultural identities.
As 2023 marks 20 years since the restoration of the
"Khai ha" Muong Bi Festival in Tan Lac district, the coming event
will be held at the provincial level. It is scheduled to take place from
January 27 to 29 (from the sixth to eighth day of the first lunar month).
In particular, rituals will be performed at the shrine of
Luy Ai hamlet, Phong Phu commune. Festivities on January 27 and 28 will feature
various activities such as sports competitions, folk games, the Muong Bi night
market, an exhibition of typical products of localities across the province, a
folk singing contest, performances of traditional musical instruments, and a
show of the Muong ethnic group’s costumes.
The opening ceremony will be held at the stadium of Phong
Phu commune and broadcast live on the Hoa Binh Radio and Television Station and
the online Hoa Binh Newspaper. Preparations for the festival are underway./.
With an increasingly vibrant and widespread emulation movement aimed at building cultured residential areas and cultured families, Yen Thuy District has been making steady progress toward improving both the material and spiritual well-being of its people, while fostering a civilized, prosperous, beautiful, and progressive community.
Once lacking recreational spaces and community facilities, Residential Group 2 in Quynh Lam Ward (Hoa Binh City) has recently received attention for the construction of a new, spacious, and fully equipped cultural house. The project followed the model of state support combined with public contributions in both labor and funding.
The "All people unite to build cultural life" movement, which has been effectively integrated with Kim Boi district’s socio-economic development goals, is fostering a lively spirit of emulation across local residential areas, hamlets, villages, public agencies, and enterprises. In addition, through the initiative, traditional cultural values are being preserved and promoted, while community solidarity and mutual support in poverty reduction and economic development are being strengthened.
A working delegation of the Hoa Binh provincial People’s Committee led by its Permanent Vice Chairman Nguyen Van Toan on June 11 inspected the progress of a project to build the Mo Muong Cultural Heritage Conservation Space linked to tourism services in Hop Phong commune, Cao Phong district.
Born and growing in the heroic land of Muong Dong, Dinh Thi Kieu Dung, a resident in Bo town of Kim Boi district, in her childhood was nurtured by the sweet lullabies of her grandmother and mother. These melodies deeply imprinted on her soul, becoming an inseparable part of her love for her ethnic group's culture. For over 20 years, this love for her hometown has driven Dung to research, collect, and pass down the cultural values of the Muong people to future generations.
In the final days of May, the Ethnic Art Troupe of Hoa Binh Province organized performances to serve the people in remote, mountainous, and particularly disadvantaged areas within the province. These were not just ordinary artistic shows, but they were the meaningful journeys aimed at spreading cultural values, enhancing the spiritual life of the people and contributing to the preservation of ethnic minority cultural identities.
