Leveraging endogenous resources

The blending of Kinh, Khmer, and Chinese cultures in the festival not only contributes to the preservation of heritage and traditional cultural values ​​but also serves as an endogenous resource for the development of Ca Mau in the new era.

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• Restoring Tan Long Temple, preserving traditional cultural values.

A unique blend of Kinh, Khmer, and Chinese cultures.

Ca Mau is a land where three ethnic groups—Kinh, Khmer, and Hoa—have long lived together. Throughout their lives, the interaction between these communities has created a rich, diverse, yet unified cultural life. This is not only a distinctive feature of the region but also an important endogenous resource for building a sustainable cultural environment in contemporary society.

The Thien Hau Goddess Festival in An Xuyen ward is one of the clearest examples of cultural exchange in the Ca Mau region. Although originating from the folk beliefs of the Chinese community, the festival has now become a shared cultural space, attracting a large number of people from various ethnic groups to participate. Within the festival space, traditional cultural values ​​do not exist in isolation but meet, share, and complement each other, contributing to the formation of Ca Mau's unique cultural identity.

The Cultural and Sports Festival of the Kinh, Hoa, and Khmer ethnic groups in Ca Mau province is an opportunity to strengthen solidarity. Photo: HUYNH LAM

The vibrant Vietnamese music performances and the artistic displays of the Chinese showcased their traditional culture, while Khmer dance stood out for its grace, rhythm, and expressiveness. The harmonious presence of these three art forms within the same cultural space vividly reflected the process of coexistence, connection, and shared development among the ethnic groups.

Every year during the Via Ba festival on the 23rd day of the 3rd lunar month, we organize an art program featuring performances from the three ethnic groups: Kinh, Khmer, and Hoa. The performances are always meticulously rehearsed and prepared by students from the Duc Tai Chinese Language Center and actors from the Khmer Art Troupe to entertain the local people during the festival nights.

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Sustainable development from culture

Cultural exchange activities are not limited to performance value; they also contribute to strengthening social awareness of the role of culture in human and community development. Through these activities, people have the opportunity to better understand each other's customs, traditions, beliefs, and spiritual lives, thereby fostering respect for differences and promoting national unity. For the younger generation, this is also an important environment for practicing culture, helping to enhance responsibility in preserving and promoting traditional cultural values.

In the context of contemporary society, many forms of folk culture face the risk of extinction if they lack preservation and a suitable environment for transmission. Therefore, maintaining community cultural spaces associated with traditional festivals is of particular importance. This is not only a crucial solution for preserving and promoting cultural heritage values, but also a community cultural space that aligns with the direction of cultural development in the new era, placing people at the center and the community as the creator and beneficiary of cultural values.

The drum dance performance was presented by students from the Duc Tai Chinese Language Center.

Integrating cultural preservation with tourism, traditional education , and the development of grassroots cultural life contributes to improving the spiritual well-being of the people. At the same time, this is also a suitable direction for sustainable development based on local cultural resources.

The strong solidarity among ethnic groups is not only a core element in consolidating national unity, but also shapes the distinctive cultural identity of the Ca Mau region. The cultural values ​​preserved and promoted by the community through generations have become an important endogenous resource, creating momentum for sustainable socio-economic development.

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