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.
Outstanding artisan Nguyen Manh Tuan and artisans from the Muong cultural heritage preservation club in Ba Hang Doi town.
Tuan has collected thousands of rattan, hand-woven bamboo, pottery, bronze, and stoneware products which are cultural products in the Muong ethnic people’s life and are facing risk of falling into obvillion.
Besides, he has restored Muong stilt houses, studied the ethnic group’s identity and customs in the past and at the present in vegetarianism, weddings, festivals, dancing and singing in order to preserve, spread and educate young generation about regional national culture.
Spanning an area of 750 sqm in Mau Linh Son Ngoc temple, the model of the Muong cultural space displays over 2,000 items in the life of Muong people including gong, costumes, brocade blankets, horns, fangs of animals, ethnic musical instruments, cultural books, woodwork, and bronze utencils.
Tuan is also the founder of the Muong cultural heritage preservation club in Ba Hang Doi town which attempts to create a meaningful playground while preserving and promoting the good values of racial cultural identity, arousing passion, researching and educating traditional cultural values of the Muong ethnic group to young generations, contributing to the protection of the Vietnamese cultural heritage.
With vibrant, practical and attractive activities, more than one year after its establishment, the club has attracted 235 members of many different age groups.
joining the club, members will be taught various subjects such as gong culture, Muong folk dances and songs as well as the Muong language, especially for youngsters.
With endless efforts, artisan Nguyen Manh Tuan was awarded the title of Excellent Artisan in the field of social practices and beliefs in 2022.
With numerous contributions to the preservation and promotion of national cultural identity, he is also an outstanding example in charity and social security work in the locality.
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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