The cultural life of ethnic minority people in Hanoi’s outlying Ba Vidistrict has seen positive changes after the one-year implementation of aproject to preserve, restore and develop the culture of local ethnicgroups in the 2013-2015 period.
The outcomes of theproject have helped form a system of culture-sport activities imbuedwith traditional identities, including the restoration of a festivaldedicated to Tan Vien, the Saint of Tan Vien Mountain (now Ba ViMountain), one of the four immortals of Vietnam, as well as communitycultural activities at villages, gongs teams, traditional dances andsongs.
Many cultural identities of local ethnicminorities, now falling into oblivion, such as the dialects, costumes,songs and dances, and gong culture of ancient Muong people and the capsac (maturity) ritual of Dao people have been gradually revived.
In addition, local authorities have actively encouraged ethnicresidents to give up backward customs, say no to social problems andbuild a health cultural life.
The district has alsopaid attention to building cultural villages of ethnic groups incombination with developing traditional crafts and community-basedtourism.
Ba Vi lies in the northwest bottom ofHanoi , containing a major part of Ba Vi Mountain runningthrough the south of the district. It has seven mountainous communeswhich are home to nearly 68,000 ethnic minority people, mainly Muong andDao.-VNA
The outcomes of theproject have helped form a system of culture-sport activities imbuedwith traditional identities, including the restoration of a festivaldedicated to Tan Vien, the Saint of Tan Vien Mountain (now Ba ViMountain), one of the four immortals of Vietnam, as well as communitycultural activities at villages, gongs teams, traditional dances andsongs.
Many cultural identities of local ethnicminorities, now falling into oblivion, such as the dialects, costumes,songs and dances, and gong culture of ancient Muong people and the capsac (maturity) ritual of Dao people have been gradually revived.
In addition, local authorities have actively encouraged ethnicresidents to give up backward customs, say no to social problems andbuild a health cultural life.
The district has alsopaid attention to building cultural villages of ethnic groups incombination with developing traditional crafts and community-basedtourism.
Ba Vi lies in the northwest bottom ofHanoi , containing a major part of Ba Vi Mountain runningthrough the south of the district. It has seven mountainous communeswhich are home to nearly 68,000 ethnic minority people, mainly Muong andDao.-VNA
