(HBO) – The People’s Committee of Lac Son district in the northern province of Hoa Binh held a ceremony to re-enact the Dinh Khoi festival in An Nghia commune on the occasion of the Year of the Rat.
Attending the event were Bui Van Cuu, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, and representatives from the Hoa Binh city Party Committee, the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the provincial People’s Council, and the Party Committee, People’s Council, People’s Committee, and Fatherland Front Central Committee of Lac Son district. A large crowd of visitors in and out of the province also participated in the event.
At the opening ceremony of Dinh Khoi festival 2020.
Over the past time, Lac Son district has
invested in building communal houses and auxiliary works with total investment
of approximately 6 billion VND (259,296 USD).
Dinh Khoi relic site is located on a land area in
the middle of Kham Set field, on the banks of the peaceful Buoi River,
which is the centre of Muong Khoi. It is a place to serve the spiritual and
cultural activities of people and tourists.
The restoration of the Dinh Khoi festival in
combination with organization of culture, art and sport activities has
contributed to preserving and promoting traditional cultural values. The
connection of historical relic sites and other tourism spots in the district
has helped attract tourists and develop local economy and culture.
The festival took place on February 1-2./.
In the evening of March 28th, in Hoa Binh, the Department of Grassroots Culture (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) coordinated with the provincial Departments of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the city to organize a mobile propaganda contest to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7th, 1954 - May 7th, 2024) with the theme "Returning to Dien Bien”. There ứa the attendance of Mr. Nguyen Van Toan, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; the representatives of the leaders from a number of departments, branches and numerous veterans and Hoa Binh people.
In responding to the movement of "All people stay united to build cultural lifestyle”, over the years, Kim Boi district has conducted many practical and effective activities to promote solidarity and mutual support among the local community in sustainable poverty reduction and building cultural lifestyle and a healthy cultural environment, and maintaining national cultural identity.
Hoa Binh Pedagogical College has just held the closing ceremony of the training class and issued the certificate of the language of Muong ethnic people to the oficials, civil servants and public employees of courses I and II in 2023.
Hoa Binh is an ancient land home to limestone mountains running along the southeast direction and in parallel with Truong Son Mountain Range in the West, forming many basins and valleys with a rich diversity of fauna and flora. Humans came to reside here in the pre-historic period, creating the world-famous Hoa Binh Civilisation.
The Dao ethnic minority group in Hoa Binh province has preserved many unique cultural identities, especially rituals and belief. In particular, Nhay (dance) festival is the most important ritual with a long history, vividly reflecting the religious life of the local Dao people.