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| Cultural performances at the Sene Dolta festival. (Source: VNA) |
On October 14th, at Sro Lon Pagoda (a type of pagoda with a bowl-shaped base), Dai Tam commune (My Xuyen district), the Provincial Party Committee and the People's Committee of Soc Trang province organized the Sene Dolta festival celebration for 2023. Attending the event were the Secretary of the Soc Trang Provincial Party Committee, Lam Van Man, leaders of the Provincial People's Committee, representatives of provincial departments and agencies, monks from Khmer Theravada Buddhist temples, and a large number of Khmer Buddhist followers.
Speaking at the ceremony, Ms. Ho Thi Cam Dao, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Soc Trang Provincial Party Committee, extended her best wishes to the religious leaders, monks, Buddhists, and all officials, soldiers, and Khmer people in the province for a warm, happy, and peaceful Sene Dolta festival in 2023; and praised the achievements of the Khmer people, religious leaders, monks, officials, and soldiers in contributing to the socio -economic development of the province.
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| Leaders of the Soc Trang Provincial Party Committee presented gifts to congratulate the abbot of Sro Lon Pagoda on the occasion of the Sene Dolta festival. (Source: VNA) |
Ms. Ho Thi Cam Dao informed that, in recent years, the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People's Committee have always paid attention to directing departments and agencies to decisively implement ethnic policies for the Khmer ethnic minority in the province. Over the past five years, the province has supported nearly 26,900 poor ethnic minority households in economic development, provided decentralized water supply to over 2,800 households; and mobilized social resources to build 3,496 houses for poor households, including over 1,200 houses for the Khmer ethnic minority.
The socio-economic situation in the Khmer ethnic minority region has seen many positive changes. The material and spiritual lives of the people have continuously improved. The poverty rate among the Khmer ethnic minority has decreased by over 4.5% per year.
The Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee expressed his hope that religious leaders, monks, officials, soldiers, and all Khmer ethnic people in the province would continue to uphold the tradition of patriotism and the spirit of great unity, strictly abide by the Party's guidelines and the State's policies and laws. At the same time, he urged them to preserve and promote the traditional cultural identity of the ethnic group, actively participate in patriotic emulation movements, and work together with the Party committees and government to build a more prosperous and beautiful Soc Trang homeland.
Expressing gratitude to the Party and State for their care and attention to the Khmer ethnic minority, Venerable Kim Hoang Hung, abbot of Sro Lon Pagoda (a pagoda with a unique design), informed that the Khmer ethnic minority in Dai Tam commune has always received support and attention from the local government. To date, their material and spiritual lives have gradually improved, and their villages are becoming increasingly modernized and prosperous.
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| Gifts were presented to underprivileged but studious students at the ceremony. (Source: VNA) |
Mr. Lam Son Hien, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Dai Tam commune (My Xuyen district), said that the commune has over 20,000 inhabitants, of which over 85% are Khmer ethnic people. Thanks to the attention of the Party and the State in implementing support policies to help the Khmer ethnic people here have more conditions to develop their economy and increase their income. Currently, the poverty rate in the commune has decreased to 1.6%, and the near-poverty rate has decreased to 1% of the total population.
At the ceremony, leaders of the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial People's Committee, and provincial departments and agencies presented many gifts to Sro Lon Pagoda (a pagoda with a unique style), symbolically donated 10 solidarity houses to poor households in need of housing (Dai Tam commune), 20 gifts to Khmer families (Dai Tam and Tham Don communes), 50 scholarships and 20 bicycles to poor students who excelled in their studies.
Soc Trang currently has over 400,000 Khmer people, accounting for over 30% of the province's total population. It also has the largest Khmer ethnic minority population in the country.
The Sene Dolta festival, celebrated from October 13th to 15th, is one of the three major festivals of the Khmer people. Despite increasingly modern life, the Sene Dolta festival of the Khmer people continues to be preserved and promoted through generations, reminding everyone of filial piety towards grandparents and parents, and gratitude to ancestors. In harmony with the flow of national culture, the Sene Dolta festival is a unique beauty of the Khmer people in Southern Vietnam, contributing to the diversity and distinctiveness of Vietnamese culture.
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