With a great passion for national art, outstanding artisan Nguyen Manh Tuan in Voi area, Ba Hang Doi town in Lac Thuy district, has developed and promoted a Muong ethnic cultural space with over 2,000 artifacts which are familiar in the daily life in the Muong ethnic people.
Outstanding artisan Nguyen Manh Tuan and artisans from the Muong cultural heritage preservation club in Ba Hang Doi town.
Tuan has collected thousands of rattan, hand-woven bamboo, pottery, bronze, and stoneware products which are cultural products in the Muong ethnic people’s life and are facing risk of falling into obvillion.
Besides, he has restored Muong stilt houses, studied the ethnic group’s identity and customs in the past and at the present in vegetarianism, weddings, festivals, dancing and singing in order to preserve, spread and educate young generation about regional national culture.
Spanning an area of 750 sqm in Mau Linh Son Ngoc temple, the model of the Muong cultural space displays over 2,000 items in the life of Muong people including gong, costumes, brocade blankets, horns, fangs of animals, ethnic musical instruments, cultural books, woodwork, and bronze utencils.
Tuan is also the founder of the Muong cultural heritage preservation club in Ba Hang Doi town which attempts to create a meaningful playground while preserving and promoting the good values of racial cultural identity, arousing passion, researching and educating traditional cultural values of the Muong ethnic group to young generations, contributing to the protection of the Vietnamese cultural heritage.
With vibrant, practical and attractive activities, more than one year after its establishment, the club has attracted 235 members of many different age groups.
joining the club, members will be taught various subjects such as gong culture, Muong folk dances and songs as well as the Muong language, especially for youngsters.
With endless efforts, artisan Nguyen Manh Tuan was awarded the title of Excellent Artisan in the field of social practices and beliefs in 2022.
With numerous contributions to the preservation and promotion of national cultural identity, he is also an outstanding example in charity and social security work in the locality.
On February 12th (i.e. Lunar January 15), the People's Committee of Hop Tien commune, Kim Boi district organized the Festival of Sim Pagoda Festival in At Ty Spring, 2025. The festival welcomed many people and tourists to visit the pagoda and enjoy the scenery.
The palanquin procession to Sim Pagoda.
As Hoa Binh province is set to host 115 spring festivals, local departments, sectors and localities are joining hands to ensure safety for the events.
In many major cultural events in Hanoi, the sound of the Muong people's gongs has become a special tone, contributing to the unique harmony that praises the cultural values accumulated over thousands of years along with the sacred soul of the capital city.
On the first day back to work and school after the Lunar New Year holiday, thousands of female officials, civil servants, and students from grade nine and above in Lac Son district proudly wore the traditional Muong attire. The vibrant brocade patterns created a striking cultural display, reinforcing the community's commitment to preserving and promoting their heritage.
The provincial-level Khai Ha festival 2025 of the Muong ethnic minority group took place at Phong Phu commune’s stadium in Tan Lac district of Hoa Binh province on the morning of February 5 (the 8th day of the first lunar month of the Year of the Snake).
"Xuong Dong” (going to the field) festival opened in Yen Phu commune of Hoa Binh’s Lac Son district on February 5, or the eighth day of the Year of the Snake, drawing thousands of locals and visitors to partake in a variety of activities.
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