Preserving traditional culture from resources of National Target Program 1719

The National Target Program on Socio-Economic Development in Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Areas (National Target Program 1719) has created a strong "push" in building and preserving the unique traditional culture of ethnic minorities in Lao Cai province.

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Nghia Do Commune, Bao Yen District is a land rich in cultural identity. In particular, this is a long-standing residence of the Tay ethnic group with a rich and unique folk cultural treasure. However, in the flow of modern life, traditional cultural features are at risk of gradually being lost.

Mr. Do Van Luu, Chairman of Nghia Do Commune People's Committee, said: In this situation, preserving and promoting national cultural values is urgent. In addition to the Party's policies, along with the system of legal documents; resources from national target programs, in which the focus is National Target Program 1719, have created a legal corridor, along with the necessary mechanisms, policies and resources to carry out the work of preserving and promoting traditional cultural values in the locality.

In Nghia Do commune, as a prestigious person, Meritorious Artisan Ma Van Soi is considered an “encyclopedia” of the culture and people of the land along the Nam Luong River. Throughout his life, Mr. Soi has painstakingly recorded the lives of the Tay ethnic people with the desire to protect, preserve and pass them on to the younger generation.

However, the ink in Mr. Soi's handwritten books has gradually faded, the pages have become crumpled while the artisan's health has also become increasingly weak. The People's Committee of Nghia Do Commune together with the Department of Culture, Science and Information of Bao Yen District (formerly) have digitized the writings of Meritorious Artisan Ma Thanh Soi on the computer system and printed them into documents so that everyone can easily access them.

Traditional culture of ethnic minorities is being preserved and developed.

According to Chairman of Nghia Do Commune People's Committee Do Van Luu, the document was compiled into 5 parts, highlighting the cultural exchange in Tay Nghia Do; explaining the names of places in the commune, stilt house architecture, folk cultural treasures, customs and festivals of the Tay people... In addition to this document, the commune has organized cultural teaching sessions on Tay ethnic group in Nghia Do commune taught by Meritorious Artisan Ma Thanh Soi, which has contributed to strongly changing the awareness and responsibility of the people in preserving their ethnic cultural identity.

“The capital of the National Target Program 1719 has contributed to preserving and promoting the traditional cultural identity of ethnic minorities in the area. With awareness combined with action, the people of Nghia Do have maintained the “village customs” in the countryside along the Nam Luong River and created a provincial-level tourist destination, a land called with the beautiful words “Nghia Do - the destination of the Five Extremes: Extremely beautiful, extremely green, extremely clean, extremely delicious and extremely interesting”, said Mr. Luu.

Dozens of traditional art troupes are supported by resources from the National Target Program 1719.

The successful preservation and promotion of unique cultural values of ethnic minorities in Nghia Do commune is one of hundreds of projects and models that have been and are being implemented in Lao Cai province from resources of the National Target Program 1719.

According to the report of the Department of Ethnic Minorities and Religions of Lao Cai province, in the period of 2021-2025, the province has disbursed nearly 100 billion VND under Project 6 on "Preserving and promoting the fine traditional cultural values of ethnic minorities associated with tourism development".

Project No. 6 capital has made an important contribution to preserving and promoting the traditional cultural values of ethnic minorities associated with tourism development in the province.

According to the report of the Department of Ethnic Minorities and Religions of Lao Cai province, in the period of 2021-2025, Lao Cai province has disbursed over 100 billion VND under Project 6 on "Preserving and promoting the fine traditional cultural values of ethnic minorities associated with tourism development". The capital of Project No. 6 has made an important contribution to preserving and promoting the traditional cultural values of ethnic minorities associated with tourism development in the province.

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