Lac Son district preserves Muong ethic culture

8/10/2024 - 11:00:17 PM

Lac Son district, home to an array of tangible and intangible cultural heritage items of the Muong ethnic group, has paid due attention preserving and promoting the values of their unique culture.

Muong ethnic people in Tan My commune, Lac Son district, playing "danh mang” folk game.

Over the recent years, nine traditional festivals in Vu Ban town and Ngoc Lau, An Nghia, Van Son, Nhan Nghia, Vu Binh, and Yen Phu communes have been revived, and various clubs established to preserve local folk songs and dances.

The district arranges classes to teach the young generation to play Muong gong and sing folk songs, and provides accessories and costumes for art teams and members of the Mo Muong (folk performing genre in rituals) clubs under a project on preserving and promoting traditional cultural values of ethnic minority groups in tandem with developing tourism.

Besides, it has digitalised information on five local historical and cultural relic sites, namely Muong Khoi war zone revolutionary historical relic site, Khoi communal house in An Nghia commune, Coi communal house in Vu Binh commune, Tay Tien Regiment 52 relic site in Thuong Coc commune, and Khenh communal house in Van Son commune. The district has organised sport competitions and cultural exchanges to maintain the Muong ethnic group’s traditional and folk games.

To date, Lac Son has completed the upgrade, renovation and embellishment of the Muong Khoi war zone national relic site with some 8 billion VND (over 318,000 USD). It is working to complete a dossier asking for the provincial People’s Committee’s approval for renovation projects for Khu Dung cave in Nhan Nghia commune, Bang communal house in Ngoc Lau commune, and the anti-Japan Truong Son guerrilla class in Tan My commune.

Most recently, Trai hamlet cave in Tan Lap commune, and Vanh village stone cliff in Yen Phu commune have been recognised as special national historical cultural relic sites.

Head of the district’s culture and sports office Nguyen The Hung said the district has worked closely with the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to build a pre-historical culture museum in Tan Lap commune, and studied and proposed the construction of a Muong ethnic cultural space in Yen Phu commune.

3.6 Billion VND Allocated to Preserve Traditional Cultural Values of Ethnic Minorities in Lạc Sơn District

As part of Project 6 under the national target program for socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas in 2024, Lạc Sơn District, Hoa Binh province focuses on diverse and practical activities to promote the project's goal: "Preserving and promoting the beautiful traditional cultural values of ethnic groups in conjunction with tourism development."

Mobilizing the power to preserve and promote the cultural heritage values

After 3 years of implementing Resolution No. 04-NQ/TU, dated October 11, 2021 of the Provincial Party Standing Committee on preserving and promoting the cultural heritage values of Hoa Binh province's ethnic groups in the period of 2021 – 2025 with the orientation to 2030 (NQ04), it has mobilized the participation of the entire political system, the people from all walks of life and there have been positive changes. So far, out of the 10 targets of NQ04, 3 targets have been met and exceeded the plan set for 2025. Typically, 70% of the intangible cultural heritage (ICH) of ethnic groups in the province is on the list of the national ICH items and they have been protected and restored, exceeding 20% of the proposed Resolution.