Traditional festivals in the province are organised to contribute to preserving and promoting the cultural identity of ethnic groups. Photo taken at Ke Pagoda Festival in Phu Vinh commune (Tan Lac district). 

The preservation and promotion of the cultural heritage values of the ethnic groups has been given special attention by Party committees and administrations at all levels. The province has issued a lot of directive documents, including Resolution No. 04-NQ/TU, dated October 11, 2021 of the provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board on preserving and promoting the cultural heritage values of ethnic groups in Hoa Binh province for the 2021 – 2025 period, with a vision to 2030. 

Quach Thi Kieu, Director of the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said that the highlight of the work is that the province has carried out a programme to conduct a general inventory of all intangible cultural heritage of local ethnic groups. Up to now, the whole province has 786 intangible cultural heritage pieces, including: language, writing, folk literature, folk performing arts, traditional crafts, social customs and belief. It owns five national intangible cultural heritages: Mo Muong, Muong Gong Art, Muong bamboo calendar folk knowledge, Khai Ha traditional festival of Muong people, and Keng Loong social customs and the belief of Thai people in Mai Chau district. 

On September 8, 2016, the provincial People's Committee issued Decision No. 2295/QD-UBND on approving the Muong handwritings of Hoa Binh province. The provincial People's Committee issued Decision No. 1349/QD-UBND, dated June 8, 2019 approving a project on teaching and learning the Muong ethnic language in the province for the 2018 – 2025 period, with a vision to 2035. The Department of Education and Training has organised training courses to build a contingent of experts to teach the Muong language. 

In addition, implementing a project to preserve traditional costumes of the ethnic groups, localities, agencies and units have had many solutions to encourage officials, members and people to wear traditional costumes on holidays and anniversaries, and encourage students to wear traditional costumes in flag-raising ceremonies, and cultural and artistic activities.

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The Festival Developing Students’ Capacity

On October 26th, the GNI Office in Hoa Binh city organized the Festival developing Students’ Capacity. There was the attendance of the representatives of the parents, the teachers and the students of Dan Chu, Thai Binh, Thinh Lang, Thong Nhat, and Yen Mong high schools.

Ritual to celebrate the new rice of the Muong people

Mai Chau district preserves, promotes cultural values

The mountainous district of Mai Chau has been preserving and promoting traditional cultural values of ethnic miniority groups in association with the development of community-based tourism effectively.

Man passionate for preserving, promoting ethnic script

In Muong Chieng commune, Da Bac district, many people know Sa Van Cam, who is dedicated to preserving and promoting ancient Tay script. He has collected, documented and opened classes to teach this script, contributing to the preservation of the Tay ethnic cultural values in Muong Chieng commune and Hoa Binh province.

Contributing to preserving the traditional weaving craft of Thai ethnic people

Established in 2013, Chieng Chau Brocade Weaving and Service Cooperative (Chieng Chau Commune, Mai Chau) now has 21 members and around 80 additional employees outside the cooperative working on orders. After overcoming many challenges, the cooperative has gradually asserted its position in the market, providing the stable jobs for many Thai ethnic women in the commune. Recently, with the dedication and determination, these Thai women have continuously innovated and worked hard to preserve their traditional craft, bringing culturally rich products to both domestic and international tourists.

Cu Yen commune preserves, promotes Muong gong value

With his love for traditional musical instruments, at the age of over 60, artisan Hoang Van Vien, Gieng Xa hamlet, Cu Yen commune (Luong Son), still maintains his passion and enthusiasm. He actively participates in performing folk songs and dances, and teaches Muong gongs to younger generations with a desire to preserve and promote traditional cultural values.