Along with development, the restoration of cultural villages to revive traditional cultural values that are at risk of fading away has received special attention from the provincial Department of Culture. In 2019, the Churu Ethnic Cultural Village was built in Dong Ho village, Pro commune, Don Duong district, becoming a place to display artifacts, preserve and store the material and spiritual values of the Churu people, and a place to organize cultural activities for future generations to remember their roots.
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| Churu cultural village hidden in cool pine forest |
Climbing the stone steps, going up the high hill, through the wooden gate with the words "Churu Cultural Village" written on it, a beautiful space appears with simple houses gathered together, embracing a large yard. 5 wooden houses simulate the traditional residential architecture of the Churu people, with ironwood pillars and beams, wooden floors and walls, creating a miniature Churu village scene. All are built on a flat hill, covered by a cool green pine forest, facing the immense Pro Lake with strong winds all year round. The lake surface is calm, surrounded by a dark green primeval forest. The scenery is charming, cultural values blend in with the beautiful, fresh natural landscape.
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| Many cultural activities are held here, attracting local people and tourists. |
With a budget of nearly 7 billion VND, of which 6 billion VND comes from the central budget and 1 billion VND comes from the district's counterpart budget, in 2018, Churu Cultural Village started construction; in 2021, the project was completed and put into operation, including a large house displaying artifacts, houses for organizing family and community activities, and auxiliary items.
For over 4 years, this has been a place to display many artifacts of the Churu people, reminding us of ancient times, creating a space imbued with identity. Climbing the low steps, entering the large stilt house in the center of the village, many artifacts and memorabilia in the material and spiritual life of the Churu people have created great evocation. These are artifacts of labor, production, and daily life of the Churu people, including agricultural tools: plows, harrows, hoes, shovels; daily life tools such as baskets, rice mortars, fishing tools, traps, baskets, hunting and gathering tools...; traditional musical instruments such as gongs, gongs of all kinds, buffalo-skin drums, trumpets, mouth pipes, gourd pipes of all kinds, bamboo zither...; artifacts in religious activities and traditional rituals such as: jars of all kinds, poles, buffalo heads; traditional costumes, scarves; Household items: cups, bowls, copper pots, trays, water gourds, pots made from traditional pottery; images depicting traditional customs and rituals of weddings, funerals, and festivals. Among them are many Churu craft products: silver rings, pottery, rice wine, and weaving, demonstrating the ingenuity in creative labor and the conquest of nature of the people.
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| Cultural village overlooking Pro Lake with beautiful scenery |
Coming here on the hot dry season days, we met many children from the area coming up to cool off. We welcomed the wind blowing in from the lake, walked through the pine forest, and relaxedly immersed in the surrounding forests, lakes, water, and lush green vegetable fields. Churu Cultural Village not only attracts local people, but also tourists. With the beauty of nature and traditional values, this is a place to connect and develop cultural tourism , community tourism, rural tourism, experiential tourism, and agricultural tourism.
From the Cultural Village, visitors can gaze out at Pro Lake in the vast space of sky and water. Surrounded by the deep green of the primeval protective forest; surrounded by fields of water chestnuts that have become OCOP products; experience the pottery craft in Kgrăng Gọ and the unique silver ring casting craft, weaving, and making rice wine; experience high-tech vegetable gardens. Visit large dairy farms, drink a cup of hot milk just squeezed from a mother cow with a full breast. In the evening, immerse yourself in the gong rhythm and Arya dance of the Churu people, enjoy the culinary culture, grilled dishes and get tipsy with rice wine... visitors are immersed in a space rich in identity.
To attract tourists, Don Duong district needs to pay more attention to training tourism skills for the community, organizing gong music and folk dance performances, and designing reasonable tours and organizing tourism systematically. From there, Churu Cultural Village becomes an attractive destination, gradually awakening the potential for tourism development in Don Duong, contributing to economic and social development, improving the lives of the Churu people - the creators of cultural values.
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