(HBO) - Lac Son is one of the four largest Muong ethnic minority districts in the province. The Muong ethnic population accounts for over 90% of the district population. Lac Son people are always aware of preserving and developing their ethnic cultural identity. Over the years, each stilt house has been preserved, Muong gongs and Muong Mo rhythm have been preserved. On holidays, from old to young women are dressed in traditional costumes.

The traditional festivals are restored and preserved, such as the procession of The Buddha of Khu Dung Cave (Nhan Nghia commune); Du Voi Festival (Lien Vu commune); Rock village roof festival (Yen Phu commune), etc. Besides, the district also takes care of restoration of revolutionary relics.


 (photo: The art performance team of Mu village, Tu Do commune practice regularly for holidays, Tet occasions).

 Lac Son is one of the districts having the most preserved stilt houses in the province. The District People's Committee mobilized the people to preserve the traditional stilt houses and build a concrete-floored stilt houses to protect the forest resources. At present, the district has 18,640 houses on stilts, of which, wooden and bamboo stilt houses accounts for 13,972 houses and stilts with concrete frame, wooden or bamboo floors are 1,892 houses; total 2,776 houses of concrete stilt houses.

In addition, the district focuses on preserving the unique values of Mo Muong rhythms. The District People's Committee coordinates with the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to study and propose scientific dossiers of the Khot series of Muong ethnic artists. The district has 50 Mo Muong artists, of which 2 study Mo Muong, Mr. Bui Van Minh (Van Son commune) and Mr. Bui Huy Vong (Huong Nhuong commune). The District People's Committee develops mechanisms and policies to preserve the values of Mo Muong heritage and promote the propaganda and publicity of Mo Muong cultural heritage.

On the holidays, Tet occasions, the harvesting seasons, the gong echo resounds in each village. The district holds over 3,000 gongs in all kinds. The old people teach the young people, the later generations learn from the previous generation, so the gong is echoed throughout the mountains. In many communes such as Nhan Nghia, An Nghia, Tan Lap, 100% villages have gongs teams. Specialists and amateurs are present everywhere from the village festival to the big festival of the district, the province. The artisans have contributed significantly to raising awareness about the value of traditional cultural heritage in the community and creating their own culture identity for Lac Son land and people. People of communes and towns also preserve many traditional and unique cultural characteristics of the ethnic minority in music through Vi singing, common singing, etc.

 

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