Opening of the 2024 Nho Quan District Ethnic Culture and Sports Festival

On the evening of March 1, at Cuc Phuong Commune Stadium, the District Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Nho Quan district held the opening ceremony of the "2024 Cultural and Sports Festival of Ethnic Groups of Nho Quan district".

This is an annual event of the ethnic minorities of Nho Quan district, which has become a typical cultural and tourism product, bearing the unique identity of the mountainous district of Nho Quan. The opening ceremony was broadcast live on Ninh Binh Radio and Television.

Attending the opening ceremony of the festival were comrades: Doan Minh Huan, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Mai Van Tuat, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; leaders of the People's Committee of Hoa Binh province; comrades of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee; leaders of the People's Committee, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the province; representatives of departments, branches, sectors, unions of the province, central agencies located in the province; leaders of districts, cities in the province and Hoa Binh, Thanh Hoa provinces...

Opening of the 2024 Nho Quan District Ethnic Culture and Sports Festival — Delegates attending the opening ceremony of the festival.

Speaking at the opening of the festival, comrade Hoang Khac Tiep, Chairman of the People's Committee of Nho Quan district emphasized: As a mountainous district, located at the northwestern gateway of Ninh Binh province, where 28 ethnic groups converge with a population of over 174 thousand people, of which the Muong ethnic group accounts for 17%. Nho Quan is referred to as an "ancient land", where many layers of cultural sediments with historical relics mark the appearance of humans more than 7,500 years ago, is the cradle of the revolutionary movement and possesses unique cultural heritage resources.

Many generations of ethnic minorities in the district have passed down and spread good traditional cultural values, including many valuable tangible and intangible cultural heritages such as festivals, traditional crafts, culinary dishes, performing arts such as Cheo singing, dum singing, lullabies, sac bua singing, gongs and folk games of the Muong ethnic group have been preserved, maintained and developed.

Along with unique cultural values, Nho Quan is also endowed by nature with many famous landscapes and landscapes such as: Cuc Phuong National Park, Van Trinh Cave, But Cave - Thien Ha Cave, Dong Chuong Lake, Cuc Phuong mineral spring, mountains and a system of majestic and poetic caves, rivers and lakes associated with historical and traditional cultural values that are always preserved and developed. The advantages of nature, landscape, culture and history are important premises for Nho Quan to form and develop famous eco-tourism, resort and sports areas such as: Cuc Phuong resort, Vedana high-class eco-tourism area, Trang An Golf Course, Phu Doi Ngang spiritual tourism area...

The Cultural and Sports Festival is an annual cultural event of ethnic minorities in Nho Quan district, aiming to create a healthy and useful playground, an opportunity for artisans, actors, and mass athletes to meet, exchange, and introduce the cultural quintessence of their ethnic groups and localities. This is also an opportunity for Nho Quan to promote and introduce cultural products and tourism products to domestic and international friends and tourists, contributing to preserving and promoting the fine traditional cultural values of ethnic minorities associated with tourism development, thereby raising awareness of all levels, sectors and ethnic minorities in building and developing Vietnamese culture and people to meet the requirements of sustainable national development.

At the opening ceremony, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Doan Minh Huan presented flowers to congratulate the Cultural and Sports Festival of ethnic groups in Nho Quan district.

Leaders of the District Party Committee, People's Council, and People's Committee of Nho Quan district presented flowers and souvenir flags to 11 delegations participating in the 2024 Nho Quan District Ethnic Culture and Sports Festival.

Next is a special art program with the theme "Nho Quan - A place to gather and spread" including 3 parts: Nho Quan enters the festival; Nho Quan colors and Nho Quan - aspiration for development through the performances of artists: Mai Thuy, Le Minh Son... with artists, actors from art troupes inside and outside the province, members of art clubs of communes and towns in the district.

This year's Nho Quan District Ethnic Culture and Sports Festival will be held for 3 days, from March 1 to March 3 at Cuc Phuong Commune Stadium. With the theme "Nho Quan - A place to gather and spread", the Festival will have the participation of 11 delegations, with over 2,000 artists, actors, and mass athletes from art and sports clubs throughout the district, promising to create a colorful cultural space, bringing spiritual values, spreading positive messages, and honoring the strength of national unity.

Coming to the Festival, people and tourists can participate in and experience many cultural and sports activities rich in identity such as: Mass art performances; Camping and culinary festivals; Gong performances, bamboo dances; Fairs and exhibitions of local industrial, handicraft and OCOP products; Exhibition space for the thematic exhibition "Truong Sa - Hoang Sa of Vietnam - Historical and legal evidence"; competitions in sports and folk games such as: stick pushing, throwing con, stilt walking, crossbow shooting...