(HBĐT) - April 19 is the annual Ethnic Cultural Day in Vietnam, celebrated since the 2008 Prime Minister’s Decision No. 1668/QD-TTg, and Hoa Binh province played host to a variety of cultural activities to recognize the day.
Gau Tao Festival of the Mong people of Hang Kia and Pa Co communes (Mai Chau
district) attracts a large number of people.
Hoa Binh is home to six main ethnic groups, and
each is paid homage by exhibitions of their costumes, music, customs, and
festivals. The resolution of the provincial Party Congress for the 2020-25
recognizes culture as one of the driving forces for the province’s
socio-economic development.
In implementing the resolutions of 13th national Party
Congress and the 17th provincial Party Congress for the 2020-2025
tenure, Hoa Binh continues to compile a scientific dossier for UNESCO in
recognition of the Mo Muong epic as intangible cultural heritage.
The provincial People's Committee recently
issued a plan to implement a project on preserving intangible cultural values
of indigenous groups in Hoa Binh from 2020 to 2030. The local ethnic groups
include the Muong, Thai, Tay, Dao and Mong peoples in 10 districts and cities
in the province.
This year's Vietnam Ethnic Culture Day marks the
90th anniversary of global recognition of the Hoa Binh culture. To commemorate
the day, the province will introduce a thematic exhibition of 500 original stone
and bone artifacts, along with 100 documentary photos depicting Hoa Binh culture.
This year’s Ethnic Culture Day is an opportunity
to educate people on the traditions, national pride and sense of responsibility
for preserving and promoting national cultural traditions. These acts contribute
to consolidate and strengthen national unity by honouring the cultural identity
of ethnic groups. This is also an opportunity for ethnic groups in the
community to understand each other, to unite for economic development, and to
preserve the fine traditions of the past./.
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.