The Kate Festival takes place with rituals of carrying costumes, opening tower doors, and bathing statues imbued with the traditional culture of the Cham people, attracting a large number of cultural researchers, domestic and foreign tourists, and people from localities in the province.
Comrade Nguyen Long Bien, member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and delegates attended the Kate Festival at Po Klong Garai tower.
Speaking at the ceremony, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee wished the dignitaries, officials and all Cham people following Brahmanism a joyful, united and frugal celebration of the Kate Festival 2024. He affirmed that in recent times, the Party and the State have had many policies to develop and improve all aspects of material and spiritual life for ethnic minorities, including the Cham people.
Comrade Nguyen Long Bien, Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee spoke at the Festival.
For our province, the life of the Cham people is constantly improving and developing, many children of the Cham people in the province have achieved high achievements in studying and are successful in work and life. In addition, the province also focuses on preserving and promoting the good traditional cultural values of the Cham people; many traditional festivals and cultural heritages of the Cham people are preserved and developed. The temple and tower relics are precious and priceless heritages of the Cham people, honored by the state, restored, embellished, preserved and promoted. "The art of pottery of the Cham people has been listed by UNESCO in the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Protection".
Comrade Nguyen Long Bien, member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, presented gifts to the Po Klong Garai Tower Customs Board.
This coming December, Ninh Thuan province will coordinate with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to host the 6th Cham Cultural Festival in 2024. This will be an opportunity for Cham people across the country to celebrate together, share about culture, art, sports; exchange, learn and exchange experiences in life. He hopes that dignitaries and officials with their abilities and prestige will continue to promote and encourage people to work together to preserve and promote the unique values of the Kate Festival as well as other traditional festivals of the Cham people in the province.
Kha Han
Source: http://baoninhthuan.com.vn/news/149620p24c32/dong-chi-nguyen-long-bien-uvtv-tinh-uy-pho-chu-tich-ubnd-tinh-du-le-hoi-kate-tai-thap-poklong-garai.htm
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