(HBO) - On April 19th, the Department of Ethnic Minority Affairs - the People's Committee of Cao Phong coordinated with the High & High Junior Boarding School for the ethnic minorities of Cao Phong district and the related authorities to organize a reading cultural exchange on the occasion of Vietnamese Book and Reading Culture Day in 2022. This is a key activity responding to the Reading Festival, contributing to honoring the good values of books and reading culture in schools and in the community.
The delegates and the students
are learning about the interesting books on display at the mobile book counter
of the Provincial Library.
Being at the exchange, the
leaders of the Provincial Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs emphasized: The
year of 2022 is the first year of implementing the Prime Minister's Decision
No. 1862/QD-TTg on organizing Vietnamese Book and Reading Culture Day on April
21st every year nationwide. Responding to this meaningful festival, the
Provincial Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs has requested the Divisions
for Ethnic Affairs of the districts and the city to organize the practical
activities on the occasion of Vietnamese Book and Reading Culture Day in 2022.
In which, Cao Phong district organized the reading cultural exchange with the
participation of hundreds of the officials, the teachers, the students, the
representatives of the appropriate authorities and the sponsors.
Within the framework of the
program, there were the following activities: The students introducing the
useful books of the school library; grading the contest for "friendly bookcase”
of classes; the donation program for books, bookcases, computers; awarding
prizes to the students who won the prizes in the provincial excellent student
contest in the school year of 2021 - 2022; visiting the mobile book library,
granting free library cards coordinated by the Provincial Library...
On this occasion, the High &
High Junior Boarding School for the ethnic minorities of Cao Phong district
received the sponsorships with a total value of over 30 million VND from the
organizations and enterprises. The also received over 3,000 donated books for
the classroom library and school library.
From March 10th – 11th, the People's Committee of Cao Phong town (Cao Phong) coordinated with the Relics Management Board to organize the traditional festival of Thuong Bong Lai Temple in 2024.
As spring comes, people in Phu Nghia commune in particular and Lac Thuy district in general flock to Tien Pagoda festival to enjoy festive activities during the annual event.
Khai Ha festival is a long-standing traditional folk festival with the largest scale of Muong people in Hoa Binh province. In 2022, Khai Ha fesstival the Muong minority in Hoa Binh province was recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. In 2023 and 2024, the festival was held on the provincial scale, getting together 4 major Muong regions (Bi, Vang, Thang, Dong) to participate, and it has been an opportunity for the quintessence of Muong ethnic culture to converge and shine.
With a great passion for national art, outstanding artisan Nguyen Manh Tuan in Voi area, Ba Hang Doi town in Lac Thuy district, has developed and promoted a Muong ethnic cultural space with over 2,000 artifacts which are familiar in the daily life in the Muong ethnic people.
Along with the process of integration and development, traditional cultural identities of the Muong ethnic community in general, and Muong ethnic people in Tan Lac district in particular, are at risk of falling into oblivion. Therefore, many clubs have been established in the locality to preserve and promote the beauty of the ethnic group’s cultural identities.
Held every three years, the swing festival in Muong Voi, Vu Ban town in Lac Son district is "one-of-a-kind". From the 5th to the 7th day of the first lunar month in the Year of the Dragon, thousands of residents and tourists flocked to the locality to experience the unique cultural festival.