Contribute to preserving the Mong ethnic language and writing

In recent times, Van Chan commune has promoted the teaching of Mong ethnic language and writing to preserve and promote Mong ethnic cultural values, while helping people understand, use and maintain their ethnic language and writing in daily life.

Many years ago, the Mong people in Van Chan only preserved a part of their ethnic culture such as: ancestor worship, making traditional costumes, they almost forgot their ethnic writing. Therefore, the Mong people's writing is at risk of being lost. Realizing that, the Van Chan commune government determined that preserving the Mong ethnic language and writing is not only a cultural task, but also a task to strengthen the great solidarity bloc and improve the people's knowledge. The commune has concretized it by organizing classes to teach the Mong ethnic language and writing to the local people.

Recently, at the Giang B Village Cultural House, 50 Mong students from the villages and hamlets learned to read and write Mong together. The person who "passed on the torch" of learning Mong was Artisan Vang A Mang - a prestigious person in the community.

In class, students practice reading comprehension, writing sentences, writing paragraphs, and translating short conversations. During the learning process, the artist always innovates teaching methods, combines theory with practice, encourages students to discuss and practice in groups, and ensures that students participate actively and enthusiastically in each lesson. Therefore, students have shown a serious learning spirit, eager to learn, fully attend all lessons, and actively speak and practice.

Mr. Mua A Hai in Kang Ky village shared: “Since I was little, I have been communicating in Mong language but I did not know how to write. One time, while watching a Mong music CD given to me by a relative, I started to be interested in the writing of my ethnic group and wanted to learn. From then on, I learned through the Internet and recently joined a class to teach the Mong language and writing organized by the commune. At first, I found it difficult, but thanks to the dedicated instruction of the teacher, I can read and write the writing of my ethnic group.”

Not only Mr. Hai but also all the students in the class completed the program after nearly three weeks of study, reaching a rate of 100%. Most of the students were able to read, write and were more confident in using the Mong language in daily life.

Currently, more than 20% of Mong people in Van Chan commune can read and write Mong, mainly young people. People often use Mong to exchange information with each other via social networks Zalo, Facebook... Mr. Mua A Hai shared more: "Seeing young people actively preserving their writing and mother tongue, I am very happy. In the future, I will join young people in the village and commune to help each other learn Mong writing to preserve the cultural beauty of our people."

Ms. Tran Thi Them - Head of the Department of Culture and Society of Van Chan commune said: "To continue to maintain and promote the effectiveness of teaching the Mong ethnic language and writing, the commune continues to open similar classes in other villages in the commune. In addition, the locality will strengthen training for teaching artisans, helping them update modern teaching methods, suitable for each group of students. In addition, encourage outstanding students to become core members, continue to expand the learning movement, contributing to preserving and promoting the national cultural identity in the locality".

Teaching the Mong ethnic language and writing not only helps preserve cultural values ​​but also contributes to raising awareness and uniting the community. When the language and writing are preserved and used in daily life, the Mong people of Van Chan commune are more confident in affirming their identity and joining hands to build their homeland to become more and more prosperous and civilized.

Source: https://baolaocai.vn/gop-phan-bao-ton-tieng-noi-chu-viet-dan-toc-mong-post886030.html