Cultural "sources" within each family
Mr. Dieu Bray (born in 1953 in Quang Truc) is one of the people who deeply understand and are passionate about traditional culture. Not only has he been connected to the gong since childhood, but he has also been a "torchbearer," inspiring many generations in his family to love and preserve their ethnic culture. From his parents' time to the present day, almost everyone in Mr. Dieu Bray's family knows how to play the gong. His siblings, children, grandchildren, and relatives on his wife's side of the family all play the gong and regularly participate in community cultural activities. During festivals, the local gong ensemble gathers all members of his family to perform, creating a beautiful image of cultural continuity across generations.
Mr. Dieu Bray said that since he was young, he has participated in many local cultural activities, always seeking and learning to better understand the value of his ethnic group's gong music. This passion has motivated him to regularly encourage and remind his children and grandchildren to preserve the gong music of their ancestors. For him, gong music is not just music , but also the soul of the community, a bond connecting generations within the family.
Similarly, the family of Mr. Dieu Gie in Tuy Duc commune is also a prime example of preserving traditional culture. He is a veteran and core member of the local stone xylophone team. Not only is he proficient in playing the stone xylophone, but he also knows how to play the gong and actively participates in cultural, artistic, and sporting activities at the local level.
What is remarkable is that both he and his wife are recognized as artisans in the fields of stone xylophone and gong playing. This love of culture has been passed on to their daughter since she was a child. Currently, their daughter is studying at Tuy Duc Ethnic Boarding Secondary and High School, is proficient in playing the stone xylophone and gong, and regularly performs with her parents at local cultural events.
Continuing the legacy between generations.
Over the years, the province has implemented many activities to preserve the traditional culture of ethnic minorities, such as: opening classes to teach gong playing, stone xylophone playing, and folk songs; restoring festivals; maintaining community activities and folk culture clubs. In this journey, the family remains a crucial "cradle" for transmitting traditional values. From each household, a love for culture is nurtured persistently through many generations, so that the sound of gongs in the villages today still resonates as the sound of continuity and preservation of our roots.
The family of Ms. Thi Trai is a prime example. According to Ms. Thi Trai, from her siblings and children to her husband's relatives, almost everyone knows how to play the gong, and many have been recognized as artisans. In that large family, playing the gong has become an integral part of daily life. The elders are always conscious of passing on their knowledge to the younger generation, from how to hold the gong mallet and feel the rhythm to the rituals associated with community life. As a result, the younger generation in the family increasingly understands, loves, and is proud of their ethnic culture.
Not only the families of Mr. Dieu Bray, Mr. Dieu Gie, or Ms. Thi Trai, but in many villages throughout the province, numerous families are quietly "keeping the flame" of traditional culture alive in their own unique ways. This natural transmission within each household helps prevent the erosion of national cultural values over time.
Source: https://baolamdong.vn/gin-giu-ban-sac-dan-toc-qua-nhieu-the-he-442866.html
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