(HBO) – In the recent past, the amateur musical movement in Luong Son district of Hoa Binh province has developed strongly. Amateur musical clubs and troupes have been set up in villages and residential areas with the participation of a large number of people of all ages, thus helping enrich the community’s spiritual life and preserve traditional cultural values.
Members of the musical troupe of Coi village in Tan
Vinh commune (Luong Son district) rehearse gong performances to prepare for
coming shows.
Coi village boasts a strong amateur musical
movement in Tan Vinh commune. Bui Thi Chinh, head of the village’s musical
troupe, said they gather at the village’s cultural centre every weekend evening
to train for the coming communications contest as well as major anniversaries
and local political events. Thanks to these training sessions, members have
also had a chance to better understand one another and enhance solidarity.
At present, amateur arts troupes in localities
of Luong Son district are busy preparing for the communications contest 2022.
Aside from modern singing and dancing performances, folk songs, dances and
traditional musical instruments are also form part of their shows so as to help
preserve traditional culture.
Nguyen Thi Thu Hang, head of the district’s
culture and information division, said the amateur musical movement is
developing strongly. Aside from grassroots art troupes in localities, many
agencies, associations and organisations also set up their musical clubs and
troupes.
She noted a number of these clubs and troupes
have utilised private funding to purchase performance costumes and musical
instruments, maintain their activities, and take part in contests and shows at
different levels. In addition, they have also made use of their performances to
disseminate the Party’s guidelines, the State’s policies and laws, and their
localities’ regulations, which has received warm support from the local
audiences.
To continue helping implement the plan on
preserving and bringing into play outstanding intangible cultural heritage
values of ethnic groups in Hoa Binh province for the 2018 - 2030 period, the
culture and information division of Luong Son district has worked with the
Centre for Culture, Information and Communications to open annual training
courses on the Muong ethnic group’s gong culture, folk songs and folk dances
for local art troupes. The move also aimed at creating a new generation of
young artisans who will uphold the cultural heritage, including songs and
dances, of the Muong people, according to Hang./.
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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