(HBO) – The organising board of the festival of typical community-based tourism villages in Vietnam for 2017 on August 30 convened a conference to discuss preparations for the event in Mai Chau district.
Nguyen Van Chuong, Vice Chairman of the Hoa Binh
provincial People’s Committee and head of the organising board, chaired the
conference.
Scene of the conference.
The conference adopted a resolution
on establishing the festival organising board; a schedule for the festival
while assigning tasks to members and planning expenditure.
Accordingly, the festival in Mai
Chau is scheduled for September 29-October 1 with the participation of over 600
delegates from 14 outstanding community-based tourism villages in the northwest
region and some villages from the central and southern regions.
Major activities during the
festival include art performances, a traditional costume show, a contest on
tourism introduction, a showcase on tourist cultural products and a traditional
craft performance, a photo exhibition on Hoa Binh and expanded northwestern
provinces, a cuisine competition, a seminar on orientations, solutions on
sustainable development of community-based tourism forms in the northwest./.
Phong Phu commune, Tan Lac district of Hoa Binh province, is widely regarded as the cultural heartland of the Muong ethnic group. Among its many traditional communities, Luy Ai hamlet (formerly Ai hamlet) stands out as a rare location where the customs and way of life of the Muong Bi people remain largely intact.
The Truong Kha temple festival, a distinctive cultural event held every three years in Vu Ban township, Lac Son district, returned recently with vibrant rituals and folk traditions of the Muong people. Located next to the Buoi River in the Muong Trao fields, the Truong Kha Temple is dedicated to the three Kun Dol deities, revered for teaching farming techniques, irrigation, weaving, and protecting the harvest.
The demand for spaces serving community activities of residents in various areas across Hoa Binh city has been satisfied as local cultural houses now feature modern, spacious facilities thanks to the effective implementation of Resolution No. 49/NQ-HDND issued on December 28, 2021 by the city People's Council, which approved the plan for reorganising, converting, and allocating land for the construction, repair, and expansion of cultural houses in Hoa Binh’s villages and residential areas until 2025.
At the end of May, the Hoa Binh Provincial Ethnic Arts Troupe organized a series of performances for residents in Region 2 and Region 3 communes across the province. Bringing art to ethnic communities in remote, isolated, and especially disadvantaged areas has become a meaningful activity. These are not merely artistic performances but also journeys to disseminate cultural values, enrich spiritual life, and contribute to preserving the cultural identity of ethnic minorities.
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