Opening of Cham cultural activities

BTO-On the morning of October 5, at the Cham Cultural Exhibition Center, the Provincial Museum held the opening ceremony of Cham cultural activities; received artifacts and antiques in 2024 and exhibited the theme "Imprints of Cham pottery". The activities took place on October 5-6, welcoming the 2024 Kate Festival of the Cham people.

Attending the event were Mr. Bui The Nhan - Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Binh Thuan; Ms. Thanh Thi Ky - Head of the Ethnic Committee of the Provincial People's Council; Mr. Doan Van Thuan - Director of Binh Thuan Provincial Museum.

Also attending were Mr. Nguyen Van Linh - Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Ninh Thuan; Mr. Nguyen Xuan Loi - Director of the Ninh Thuan Cham Cultural Research Center; collectors of artifacts inside and outside the province, local leaders and Cham villagers in Bac Binh.

img_6555.111.jpg — Cham folk art performance at the opening ceremony

At the opening ceremony, Mr. Doan Van Thuan - Director of Binh Thuan Provincial Museum said: The activities at the Cham Cultural Exhibition Center every year during the Kate Festival are one of the unique intangible cultural forms that are loved by domestic and foreign tourists. With the effort to innovate and create constantly in organizing on-site activities, the Center always promotes existing facilities, regularly adding new artifacts to enrich the display themes...

This year, the activities at the Cham Cultural Exhibition Center are also part of a series of activities to celebrate the Kate Festival 2024, which was recently organized by the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism at the Po Sah Inư tower relic on October 1-2, 2024, in conjunction with the announcement of the Prime Minister's decision to recognize the golden Linga discovered at Po Dam tower, Phu Lac commune, Tuy Phong district in 2013 as a national treasure.

Leaders of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the province and the Provincial Museum presented flowers to collectors of artifacts inside and outside the province.

Receiving 33 Cham cultural artifacts donated by collectors inside and outside the province in 2024, bringing the total number of original artifacts of the Center to more than 1,500, the Director of the Provincial Museum committed that the artifacts of the museum, the collectors who cooperated in displaying and donating will be carefully preserved, stored systematically, scientifically and effectively exploited so that the artifacts and documents of the past. Thereby preserving and promoting the unique cultural values of the Cham people to contribute to the development of an advanced Vietnamese culture imbued with national identity.

Leaders of the culture, sports and tourism sector of Binh Thuan and Ninh Thuan provinces and visitors visit the exhibition room

In addition, on October 5-6, at the Cham Cultural Exhibition Center, there will be activities such as a thematic exhibition of "Cham ceramic imprints"; a discussion on "Exchanging experiences in preserving and promoting traditional pottery villages of the Cham people"; a Cham pottery making competition, a Cham writing competition, a weaving and gingerbread making demonstration; and a folk art exchange between Binh Thuan and Ninh Thuan.