Khanh Hoa: Recreating traditional rituals to develop tourism

                 

Rituals of worshiping deities in the first rice harvest celebration of the Raglai people in Khanh Son district.

Specifically, the restoration of rituals of the Raglai and Ede ethnic groups has been carried out from 2021 to the present, with contents such as: Surveying, investigating, compiling statistics, and collecting information to preserve festivals; Hiring experts to research, advise, and support festival preservation; Investing in infrastructure and designing software technology to serve the research and collection of festivals; Opening training courses to teach methods and skills in festival preservation; Organizing performances and reenactments of festivals; and filming and recording festivals for propaganda, introduction, and promotion…

In 2022, Khanh Hoa province undertook the restoration of the national intangible cultural heritage of the Raglai people's Funeral Rites in Khanh Son district. In 2023, the restoration of the Raglai people's New Rice Harvest Festival in Khanh Vinh district was carried out. In 2024, the Raglai people's New Rice Harvest Festival was restored in Khanh Son district; and the T'rin people's wedding ceremony was restored in Khanh Vinh district. In 2025, activities to restore the Ede people's Water Source Worship Ceremony in Ninh Tay commune, Ninh Hoa town will be implemented.

Leaders of Son Hiep commune, Khanh Son district, attended a reenactment of the new rice harvest celebration held at Ta Gu waterfall area.

Mr. Le Van Hoa, Deputy Director of the Department of Culture and Sports of Khanh Hoa province, affirmed that the restoration, preservation, and promotion of the typical traditional festivals of ethnic minorities in the province, aimed at exploiting and developing products to serve tourism development and attract tourists, is of particular interest to all levels, sectors, and localities.

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Source: https://baodantoc.vn/khanh-hoa-phuc-dung-cac-nghi-le-truyen-thong-de-phat-trien-du-lich-1724300911409.htm