An international seminar on the changesof socio-economic life and gong culture preservation in Vietnam andSoutheast Asia was held in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai onNov. 14.
The seminar was the first of its kind andone of 15 major events within the International Gong Festival 2009lasting from Nov. 12-15 in Pleiku town of Gia Lai .
More than 70 reports presented by foreign and local scientistsintroduced researches into the gong culture in the Central Highlandsand Vietnam in particular and the Southeast Asian region in general,the role of the gong culture, socio-economic impacts on the gongculture, and the preservation of the gong values.
Vietnam ’s Central Highlands gong culture was recognised by the UNESCOas a masterpiece of the oral and intangible heritage of the mankind in2005.
Scientists put out solutions for the preservation and promotion of thegong culture. Some of them suggested that the gong culture should betaught in schools, particularly in ethnic minority groups’ areas.
They also stressed the need to strengthen the State management in thegong culture preservation and the implementation of the Law on CulturalHeritage.
Prof. and Dr. Hiroshi Hoshino from Japan introduced his country’sexperiences in implementing the law on cultural property preservation,saying over the past 50 years the law has helped protect and developall kinds of folk arts./.
The seminar was the first of its kind andone of 15 major events within the International Gong Festival 2009lasting from Nov. 12-15 in Pleiku town of Gia Lai .
More than 70 reports presented by foreign and local scientistsintroduced researches into the gong culture in the Central Highlandsand Vietnam in particular and the Southeast Asian region in general,the role of the gong culture, socio-economic impacts on the gongculture, and the preservation of the gong values.
Vietnam ’s Central Highlands gong culture was recognised by the UNESCOas a masterpiece of the oral and intangible heritage of the mankind in2005.
Scientists put out solutions for the preservation and promotion of thegong culture. Some of them suggested that the gong culture should betaught in schools, particularly in ethnic minority groups’ areas.
They also stressed the need to strengthen the State management in thegong culture preservation and the implementation of the Law on CulturalHeritage.
Prof. and Dr. Hiroshi Hoshino from Japan introduced his country’sexperiences in implementing the law on cultural property preservation,saying over the past 50 years the law has helped protect and developall kinds of folk arts./.
