Lesson 3: Promoting traditional cultural values ​​in contemporary life

“Good signal” from the young generation

Continuing the passion of folk artisans in the process of preserving traditional cultural values ​​of ethnic minorities are "good signals" coming from today's generation.

Mong ethnic girls sit and embroider flowers to make beautiful dresses.

Ms. Hoang Thi Hoa, Secretary of the Na Leng Youth Union, Boc Bo Commune, is one of the young people actively participating in preserving the traditional cultural identity of the Mong people. In 2024, Ms. Hoa's project "Indigenous livelihood model associated with preserving the traditional culture of the Mong people" entered the semi-finals of the Northern region of the 10th Green Startup Idea/Project Competition - Sustainable Development, 2024.

The project aims to create livelihoods for the Mong people in Co Linh commune, through cooperation and development of experiential tourism with them. The model has links with many famous panpipe artisans, who both teach young people to play and perform in the evenings. The project also creates additional income for the people through selling products, mostly local products...

Ms. Hoang Thi Hoa is always passionate about preserving the traditional cultural identity of the nation.

Ms. Hoa shared: “I and other folk artists have promoted the preservation of ethnic cultural identity to the people, especially the youth, by organizing study sessions, activities, teaching Mong flute dancing and embroidery”. Currently, Ms. Hoa is also promoting the use of social networks to promote the image of her homeland and sell handmade embroidery products of the Mong people.

Preserving cultural identity is not only popular among union members and youth but also has a wide influence in schools. At Pac Nam Secondary Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities, with the desire to preserve the Tay ethnic bowl dance, the school's Party Cell has registered the model "Traditional Tay ethnic cultural bowl dance" as the Propaganda model of Pac Nam district in 2024.

To implement the model, the school has actively promoted the participation of cadres, party members, teachers and students in maintaining the practice of the bowl dance in weekly break-time activities; performing the bowl dance at the school's closing and opening ceremonies. The model has received a large response from students. Through that, it contributesto educating students about their pride in traditional cultural identity.

Bowl dance performance by teachers and students of Pac Nam Secondary Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities.

Ms. Ca Thi Hoan, Vice Principal of Pac Nam Boarding Secondary School for Ethnic Minorities, said: The school has integrated traditional cultural education into subjects, with content about traditional festivals, customs, folk games, folk songs... of ethnic groups. At the same time, it organizes competitions of ethnic folk games. Combined with practicing dances, folk songs, and folk dances of ethnic groups, students will be aware of preserving and promoting traditional cultural values ​​of ethnic groups.

Or the clever mass mobilization model "Mobilizing people in the commune to participate in maintaining and promoting the Luon Coi club of Giao Hieu commune" by Ms. Hoang Thi Hoat, a civil servant of Culture - Society of Giao Hieu commune, has contributed to encouraging people to preserve and conserve good traditional cultural values ​​associated with building a cultural life in residential areas, contributing to participating in building new rural areas in the locality...

Popular policies

For many years, the San Chi people in Khau Dang, Boc Bo commune have tried to preserve the traditional cultural beauty of the nation against the impact of the market economy. Such as maintaining the daily wearing of traditional costumes and spinning linen and weaving. Currently, in the village, there are still five households that maintain the traditional weaving profession; the coming-of-age ceremony; the "Mask Dance"; the "Singh Co" tune...

Khau Dang village from above is as beautiful as a picture.

Since 2023, with resources from Project 6, Pac Nam district authorities have implemented the construction of a Community Tourism Village in Khau Dang village, Boc Bo commune - home to 36 San Chi households with a space imbued with cultural identity. To implement this content, Pac Nam district has allocated resources to invest in roads, electricity grids, social welfare works; supported and guided 5 households in homestay business; implemented clean vegetable growing and livestock raising to serve tourists for sightseeing and experience.

In addition, through socialization, the district supports facilities such as blankets, mosquito nets, mattresses, etc. for households operating homestay services.

Ms. Hoang Thi Mong, Secretary of the Party Cell of Khau Dang village, Boc Bo commune, said: With the support of the State, the villagers have focused on building roads, repairing houses, planting flowers and trees to create a beautiful environment. Hopefully, in the future, Khau Dang village will be more beautiful and known by many people...

People in Khau Dang village still preserve the traditional weaving profession.

Chairman of Boc Bo Commune People's Committee Ha Viet Phuong said: "Khau Dang has many natural and cultural potentials and many unique customs and practices. The young generation of the village has a progressive mindset in economic development, preserving and promoting national cultural identity, in accordance with the requirements and conditions for developing community tourism models...".

Recently, provincial leaders inspected the implementation of the Project to support typical tourist destinations in ethnic minority and mountainous areas (Project 6), deployed in Khau Dang village, implementation period from 2023 - 2025.

Through the inspection, the provincial leaders assessed the locality's advantages in implementing the model. At the same time, they requested the investor to coordinate with the locality to speed up the project progress and research and develop more tourism products in the village. This is a good sign for the people of Khau Dang village in particular and Boc Bo commune in general.

Traditional costumes of Mong ethnic women in Pac Nam.

Along with that, in 2021, Pac Nam district issued Plan No. 134/KH-UBND on preserving and promoting the cultural identity of ethnic groups in Pac Nam district, period 2021 - 2025, orientation to 2030 and Plan No. 37/KH-UBND on building, renovating, protecting the environmental landscape towards developing tourism in Pac Nam district in the period 2021 - 2030. Implementing the proposed plans, Pac Nam district surveyed tourist attractions in the area; supported the development of OCOP products; organized classes to teach Then and Luon singing; established Then and Luon Coi singing clubs, Tay lullabies, Mong flute dancing; participated in provincial-level mass art festivals...

In recent years, the movement to preserve cultural heritage has gradually become a regular, proactive and positive activity in villages and hamlets. Every year, clubs, artisans and people meet, exchange, practice and teach. Through that, each person is not only an owner and beneficiary but also an inspiring transmitter of their homeland and the identity of their nation.

Pac Nam is a land of many traditional festivals.

With a colorful cultural picture preserved and passed down for hundreds of years, Pac Nam bears the unique mark of the highland land. Pac Nam district authorities always identify culture as an endogenous resource and development driving force for the locality to reach new heights. ./

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