(HBO) - On December 26, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism held a meeting to implement the plan of the Provincial People's Committee on building the symbol of the antelope to celebrate the Lunar New Year, 2023.
The delegates are discussing the
content of building the symbol of the antelope to celebrate the Lunar New Year,
2023.
According to the plan, the symbol
of the antelope is installed at Hoa Binh Square. The front face is the Cat
family gathering to welcome spring (including 9 cats: the father cat, the
mother cat and 7 kittens) which are lively, playful and happy together. The two
sides and the back are the clusters of secondary symbols, showing the culture
of Hoa Binh homeland such as: the symbol of Can alcphol Lam rice and the
clusters of fortune symbols welcoming spring, the yellow cat, the stylized
decorative cat... The main part in front is the welcoming gate, the clusters of
spring flowers and the two sides of the wings are the clusters of the models of
the stylized Cat, creating a joyful image to welcome the New Year with 2 sets
of shape letters "the joyful Tet - Quy Mao spring. Besides, there is a photo
exhibition with the theme "Hoa Binh Homeland”.
The construction period from
December 25, 2022 to January 16, 2023. The display period is from January 16,
2023 to the end of January 31, 2023 (December 25 of the Year of the Tiger to
the end of January 10 of the Year of the Rabbit). The ribbon-cutting ceremony
is expected to take place at 3:30 p.m. on January 14, 2023 (December 23 of the
Year of the Tiger).
Based on the assigned plan and
tasks, the relevant units are urgently developing the detailed plans so that
the construction and installation of the symbols can be ensured according to
the plan. Thereby, it creats a joyful and exciting atmosphere to serve the
people to enjoy the spring and celebrate the national traditional New Year. It
also creats a tourism highlight, attracting tourists to Hoa Binh city and Hoa
Binh province on the occasion of the Lunar New Year, 2023.
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.
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