Ninh Thuan completes project to preserve heritage "Cham pottery art"

By moving backward around a fixed axis, artisans of Bau Truc Cham pottery village immerse themselves in the molding movements to transform lifeless blocks of clay into unique ceramic products. Bau Truc Cham pottery village in Phuoc Dan town, Ninh Phuoc district ( Ninh Thuan ) is considered the oldest craft village in Southeast Asia that still exists today. (Photo: NGUYEN TRUNG)

The draft Project on Preservation and Promotion of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Values of the Cham People's Pottery Art until 2028 and the following years (referred to as the Project) was assigned to the Vietnam National Institute of Culture and Arts in Ho Chi Minh City as the consulting unit.

The draft project includes 2 phases: Phase 1, removing the heritage "Cham pottery art" from the risk of needing urgent protection (2025-2028) and phase 2, registering " Cham pottery art " as a representative intangible cultural heritage of humanity (from 2028 and the following years), with an estimated total implementation cost of more than 205 billion VND from the central and local budgets and socialization, mobilizing domestic and international organizations.

According to Vice Chairman of Ninh Thuan Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Long Bien, in addition to the goal of being included in the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, the Project needs to aim at socio -economic development, in which cultural heritage subjects must enjoy the fruits of their own cultural practices; at the same time, aim at a sustainable conservation system, helping "Cham pottery art" not only survive but also develop in the modern context, maintaining the unique cultural values and cultural diversity of Vietnam.

For many years, many young Cham people in Bau Truc pottery village, Phuoc Dan town, Ninh Phuoc district have followed the footsteps of artisans to preserve and promote the unique value of Cham pottery art. (Photo: NGUYEN TRUNG)

Therefore, the consulting unit needs to coordinate with the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to organize a workshop to collect comments from agencies, units, localities, scientists and researchers on Cham culture . In particular, focusing on specific mechanisms and policies for craft village development as well as diverging and mobilizing reasonable resources for each decisive stage, especially the 2025-2026 period.

For Ninh Phuoc district, urgently mobilize social resources to complete infrastructure items, as a premise to complete component projects when the project is approved and implemented.

Source: https://nhandan.vn/ninh-thuan-hoan-thien-de-an-bao-ton-di-san-nghe-thuat-lam-gom-cua-nguoi-cham-post861769.html