A man jumps over the fire at the Fire-Jumping Festival of the Pa Then ethnic people in Ha Giang Province. (Photo vov.vn) Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Trinh Thi Thuy has signed adecision on organising activities to preserve and promote those ethnicfestivals.
The Department of Ethnic Culture will cooperate with the Culture Departments ofHa Giang, Phu Tho, Thanh Hoa, and Lao Cai provinces and other agencies toorganise the festivals by the end of this year.
The programme aims to create a strong change in public awareness ofpreservation and promotion of traditional and cultural values of ethnicminorities in a bid to evoke pride and strengthen the solidarity of thecommunities.
The organisation of the festivals will also help to preserve and promotecultural identities, as well as to create new tourist products.
The expense for the festival organisation is from the central government'sbudget for the national programme on socio-economic development in ethnic andmountainous areas in the 2021-25 period.
In Sa Pa town in Lao Cai province, there will be a festival dedicating to the TetCom Moi (New Rice Festival) of the Giay ethnic group. The event will beconducted by five ethnic artisans and dozens of other Giay people living in TaVan commune.
In Thanh Hoa province’s Ngoc Lac district, there will be preservativeactivities dedicating to the Muong Lap and Muong Don festivals of Muong ethnicgroup living in Thach Thanh district.
The Fire-Jumping Festival of the Pa Then ethnic people will be replicated inQuang Binh district in Ha Giang province.
In Thanh Son distritc, Phu Tho province, there will be rituals of the New RiceFestival of the Muong group.
At all the localities, each event will be conducted by ethnic artisans andpeople from local ethnic groups.
The organisers will conduct surveys and research and at the same time tocollect all information and documents about these festivals to proposesolutions to preserve and promote the events.
They will also arrange the teaching and guiding of the practice of rituals andtraditional games of these festivals./.
VNA
