Photo: Women in Chieng Cang hamlet of Muong Chieng commune, Da Bac district, wear traditional Tay ethnic costumes in daily life.
In 2017, Muong worship festival was the most outstanding event of Tay group in Da Bac district, which has been restored. It dated back to a time when Tay people began to live and explore the land of Muong Xong, known as Muong Chieng today, to settle down. Held at the beginning of the year, the festival aims to commemorate ancestors and those who explored and built the village as well as paid respect to the gods of land, water and forest for endowing local residents with favourable weather conditions, a peaceful, healthy life, and bumper harvests.
The local Tay community also preserves a new rice festival which is held in the 10th lunar month. It is meant to thank ancestors for a bountiful harvest and pray them to bless the next crop. Depending on affordability of each family, those who can afford often make it big, those who can't will make it small, but they must keep it. Especially, recently, attention has been paid to learning Tay characters in the community. With local teachers, the community learning centre opened dozens of Tay language classes for about 300 people.
Along with preserving and promoting cultural values, people of ethnic groups in the locality followed regulations in residential areas. Weddings, funerals and festivals are organised in new and civilised trend, typically in such hamlets as Na Muoi, Chum Nua, Chieng Cang, Ban Ha, and Ke./.
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