- In recent years, schools in Ai Quoc commune, Loc Binh district have had many practical activities to preserve the beauty of traditional national costumes, helping generations of students love national identity more, while contributing to preserving and promoting traditional national costumes.
Ai Quoc is a commune in the particularly difficult region III of Loc Binh district, with over 95% of the population being Dao ethnic people (Dao Lu Gang group). This is also a typical commune in the work of preserving and promoting the ethnic cultural identity of the district. Currently, the whole commune has 1 secondary school, 2 primary schools, 1 kindergarten with 400 students and 69 cadres, teachers and staff. To help students have a deep understanding of the tradition, ethnic cultural identity and be aware of preserving the beauty of traditional costumes, schools in the commune have focused on propaganda, launching a movement to sew and wear traditional ethnic costumes simultaneously for 1-2 days a week, on major holidays, competitions at all levels...; establishing a sewing and embroidery club and inviting artisans and skilled people in the commune to teach students costume embroidery skills.
Along with cultural teaching, Ai Quoc Primary School has focused on promoting and raising awareness among parents and students about preserving and promoting the value of traditional national costumes. According to Ms. Luong Thi Thanh Dan, Principal of Ai Quoc Primary School, since the beginning of the 2023-2024 school year, the school has organized 2 propaganda sessions at parent-teacher meetings and 3 propaganda sessions on major holidays of the year. Along with that, the school has established a club for sewing and embroidering traditional costumes; organized extracurricular activities such as a traditional costume gala for students to perform traditional costumes; organized propaganda to introduce students to the origin and how to create traditional costumes by inviting parents with experience in embroidering traditional costumes to the school to guide them.
In addition, the school has integrated the content of preserving ethnic costumes into the History and Geography lessons; integrated the learning of Dao ethnic costume embroidery skills into the Engineering subject of grades 4 and 5. Up to now, 100/100 students of the school wear ethnic costumes every Monday and Wednesday; on major holidays. Many students can also embroider patterns and sew some parts of their own costumes.
As an active student participating in embroidery classes at school, Trieu Linh Nhi, class 5A, Ai Quoc Primary School said: I am very happy to participate in classes teaching sewing and embroidering traditional costumes. I will try to study and practice so that when I grow up, I can sew my own costumes and teach them to younger children.
Ms. Ha Thi Chi, principal of Ai Quoc Kindergarten, said: The school's board of directors always wants children to understand and recognize the meaning of traditional ethnic costumes from a young age. Therefore, the school has actively promoted and encouraged parents to sew or buy ethnic costumes for their children. Thanks to that, all 110 students of the school (including 105 Dao ethnic students and 5 Tay ethnic students) wear traditional ethnic costumes on major holidays or school events.
For Ai Quoc Ethnic Boarding Secondary School, in addition to propaganda, the school established a traditional Dao ethnic costume embroidery club in 2023, with 30 members who are female students, meeting regularly every Friday afternoon. After being enthusiastically guided by teachers and parents, the students were able to design their own patterns on the costumes and embroider colorful patterns. The school also maintains the wearing of ethnic costumes during the flag-raising ceremony of weeks 2 and 4 every month.
Mr. Dang Van Quang, Chairman of Ai Quoc Commune People's Committee, said: In recent times, the Party Committee and the commune government have directed local associations, unions, and schools to promote the dissemination of Party directives and resolutions, State policies and laws on preserving and promoting traditional cultural values of ethnic groups, with special attention paid to preserving the beauty of traditional ethnic costumes. Thereby, contributing to raising awareness of preserving traditional ethnic costumes for students and local people. Along with that, schools are required to implement regulations on wearing ethnic costumes at flag-raising ceremonies, opening ceremonies, year-end ceremonies, etc., and to arouse students' passion for ethnic costumes by organizing embroidery and sewing classes.
According to Ms. Nong Thi Thu, Deputy Head of the Department of Education and Training of Loc Binh district, in recent times, in order to promote the traditional cultural values of ethnic groups in the district, especially ethnic costumes, we have requested schools in the district from kindergarten to junior high school to organize for students to wear ethnic costumes to school at least once a week. In particular, schools in Ai Quoc commune are the leading units in implementing the movement, creating a basis for replicating and spreading the introduction of ethnic costumes into schools to schools in the district.
The movement of wearing costumes in schools in Ai Quoc commune has contributed to preserving and promoting traditional costumes, raising awareness of preserving and appreciating traditional beauty among students in particular and ethnic communities in general.
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