Gia Lai (VNA) –More than 1,000 artisans from five Central Highlands provinces will perform atthe 2018 Gong Cultural Festival scheduled to take place from November 30 toDecember 2 in Gia Lai province.
The event will feature manytraditional festivals and rituals in the region, along with special regional dishes.
During the festival, visitorscan engage in community-based tours to explore daily life of local people andbeautiful landscape in Gia Lai.
Thefestival is expected to welcome between 25,000 and 30,000 visitors along with300 invited guests from ministries, sectors and UNESCO Vietnam, foreignembassies and consulate generals in Vietnam.
Nguyen Quang Tue, from theprovincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said more than half of over10,000 sets of gongs in the Central Highlands are now being preserved by GiaLai province.
TheCultural Space of Gong of Tay Nguyen was recognised by the UNESCO as a masterpieceof the oral and intangible heritage of the humanity in 2005. It is closelylinked to the daily life of local people. Their belief systems form a mysticalworld where the gongs produce a privileged language between men, divinities andthe supernatural world.
TheCentral Highlands region comprises five provinces of Lam Dong, Gia Lai, DakLak, Dak Nong and Kon Tum.-VNA