(kontumtv.vn) – Like many other ethnic minority communities in the Central Highlands, for the Xo Dang ethnic group, the To D'ra branch in Kon K'Loc village, Dak Mar commune, Dak Ha district, the communal house is indispensable in the life of the community . Besides focusing on socio-economic development, the people of Kon K'Loc village always attach importance to the work of preserving and maintaining to promote the values ​​of the traditional communal house ; contributing to the effective implementation of the Resolution of the 16th Provincial Party Congress on preserving and promoting the cultural identity of ethnic groups in the area.

Putting aside their daily work, the people of Kon K'Lốc village took turns to complete the renovation of the village's traditional communal house to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Kon Tum Province's Liberation Day. To ensure the traditional communal house was kept intact, the village held a meeting to gather opinions from village elders and experienced people, agreeing on everything from the selection of natural materials to the decoration and completion of details and patterns. Along with the support of the local government, the people in the village contributed over 20 million VND and working days to complete the communal house.

Mr. A Thiek - Head of the Front Committee of Kon K'Loc village, said: "When we mobilize people to build this communal house, we have to have a division of labor, women have to find thatch, men have to find wood. To do this, the most complicated material is the earthworm, the second is thatch. Although it is difficult, but according to the customs and practices here, we must follow the correct process of our ancestors. Whatever our ancestors left behind, we have to preserve the identity of our ancestors."

With nearly 100% of the population being ethnic minorities, Kon K'Lốc village, Đắk Mar commune always focuses on preserving, maintaining and promoting the traditional cultural values ​​of its people. The village's communal house is where artisans regularly teach folk culture to more than 40 members of the Kon K'Lốc Village Folk Culture Club. More happily, most of the young generation here are aware of, appreciate and preserve the cultural values ​​left by their ancestors. Mr. A Xoong happily said: “ The adults taught us how to do it, so we do it. Like this communal house, it has a combination of wood, bamboo, thatch, and reed... which must be combined together to form a communal house. I am happy because the villagers know how to work together to have a place to rely on. For example, in the future, when we go to village or commune meetings, we will have a place to sit and meet, to join hands to build our village to develop more and more . ”

A Son – Kon K'Loc Folk Culture Club, excitedly shared: “ The younger we are, the more energy we have, so we need to promote the preservation of traditional culture. Especially, we have to interact with many other ethnic groups so that people can know how different our ethnic characteristics are. That is also a part of how we will nurture ourselves and also an advantage to attract tourists to be able to develop our homeland.”

In recent years, along with the attention to investing in perfecting cultural institutions, the preservation and conservation of traditional communal houses has been focused on by Dak Mar commune. Currently, all 3 ethnic minority villages of the commune have been recognized as meeting the standards of new rural ethnic minority villages. In addition, all 3 villages have traditional communal houses - places to organize community activities and nurture and teach traditional culture to the younger generation; contributing to Dak Mar commune being recognized as a model new rural area in the cultural field of the province in 2024. Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh Thua - Chairman of Dak Mar Commune People's Committee, said: " Together with the Front and mass organizations to propagate to the people to promote cultural values, especially the cultural identities of ethnic minority villages such as gongs, xoang and cultural institutions of residential areas. In addition, we integrate national target programs to build communal houses for ethnic minorities, to create playgrounds for clubs as well as people to promote and preserve their cultural identities."

In the space of gong culture in the Central Highlands, the communal house is an entity that is both majestic and contains spiritual elements, is a manifestation of forest culture and connects the human community with nature. Along with implementing projects and policies for economic and social development, research and conservation of traditional cultural values ​​of communal houses need to be focused on in order to contribute to preserving and promoting the cultural identity of ethnic minorities in the area./.

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