Kim Boi district has worked to preserve and promote the cultural trait of the local Muong ethnic minority group, taking them as a mission to popularise and effectively carry out the Party’s guidelines and the State’s regulations.
Artisan Bui Tien Xo is
instructing members of the Muong gong club in Thao Ca hamlet, Vinh Tien commune
how to play chieng (gong).
The district has directed competent sectors and
branches to enhance communications work to raise public awareness of policies
on preserving and promoting cultural heritage. Besides, it has paid due
attention to safeguarding traditional folk games, honouring artisans, families
and community with standout contributions to the preservation work, and promote
the restoration of traditional festivals such as Muong Dong festival, Lap
communal house festival, and Sim pagoda festival.
The culture and information bureau proposes the
district organise art performance programmes and create traditional cultural
space to preserve and develop the culture.
According to head of the bureau Nguyen Thanh Ha,
a number of practical measures have been rolled out to keep the Muong ethnic
culture alive such as arranging training classes for cultural officials and Mo
Muong artisans, debuting the club to preserve and promote Mo Muong cultural
heritage, and organising contest and festivals.
Besides, the district has listed local
intangible cultural heritage, handed the items on younger generations and
honour artisans, she said, adding the State has bestowed the artisan title on
nine folk artists, including seven Mo Muong, one Muong folk singing and one
Muong gong artist.
Meritorious artisan Bach Thi Dao in Beo hamlet,
Xuan Thuy commune, has had a strong passion for Muong folk songs since she was
a little girl. She established a Muong folk singing and gong club in 2017 with
a view to teaching local kids about the Muong tradition.
Statistics showed that there are 45 shamans in
Kim Boi district who have a great deal of knowledge and a deep insight into the
Mo Muong values. They have conducted Mo Muong rituals in line with current
regulations to preserve and promote its values.
In the coming time, Kim Boi district will
continue communications work to raise public awareness of the preservation of
the traditional values, and encourage communes and town to establish cultural
clubs and honour those who make contributions to safeguarding the local
cultural treasure.
On November 6, the residential area, Nam Thai hamlet, Doan Ket commune (Yen Thuy) organized the Great National Solidarity Festival and celebrated the 94th anniversary of the traditional day of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (November 18, 1930 - November 18, 2024). There was the attendance of Mr. Nguyen Tien Sinh, the Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, the Chairman of the Provincial Party Committee's Inspection Commission, and the leaders of the appropriate departments and branches of the province and Yen Thuy district.
The authorities and community in Yen Thuy district are dedicated to preserving and promoting the cultural heritage of ethnic groups in the locality. Yen Thuy is home to seven ethnic groups, with the Muong making up over 69% of the population.
A great national solidarity festival was held in Ngai hamlet, Thach Yen commune, Cao Phong district, on November 8. Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the People’s Committee of Hoa Binh province Bui Van Khanh, and Colonel Trinh Duc Thiem, Commander of the provincial Military Command, attended the event.
A great national unity festival was held in Cau Son hamlet in Nhuan Trach commune of Luong Son district on November 10.
The organising board for the Hoa Binh Culture and Tourism Week 2024 has officially released its press statement.
The People’s Committee of Hoa Binh province held a press conference on November 5 to announce the details of its upcoming 2024 Culture-Tourism Week.
