Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Students of ethnicminority backgrounds or those attending ethnic minority boarding schools willwear traditional costumes two days per week and during festivals, under aproject approved by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism.
The project to preserve and promote the traditional costumes of Vietnameseethnic minorities has a total funding of 222.9 billion VND (9.58 million USD),with 51.2 billion VND (2.2 million USD) sourced from the state budget and therest from the local coffer.
It is expected to contribute to the sustainable cultural development ofVietnamese ethnic minorities, and raise public awareness of the importance ofpreserving and protecting the traditional clothes and customs of ethnic minoritygroups.
The project, to last from 2019 to 2030, will also compile a list of the costumesand outfits, honouring outstanding artisans in this field.
According to the Museum of Vietnamese Ethnic Groups’Culture, 40 of the 54 ethnic groups across the country no longer wear theirtraditional costumes on a daily basis.
Instead, there is agrowing tendency to adorn ready-to-wear mass-produced clothes, it said. –VNA
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