Exploiting traditional cultural values ​​of ethnic minorities associated with tourism development (Part 2)

Don Duong district has over 30% of ethnic minorities from the Central Highlands (K'Ho, Churu, Cil, Rac Lay)... living mainly in the south of the Da Nhim river. Among them, the Churu ethnic group is preserving a diverse and rich treasure of cultural and artistic resources, including valuable and mysterious historical sources of the glorious Champa dynasty... in the Gong Cultural Space - an oral and intangible masterpiece of humanity...

The Churu people's costumes are variations of the Cham and K'Ho people's costumes.

According to ethnologist Dinh Thi Nga, the Churu people in Lam Dong may have originated from an ancient Cham group, residing from Da Nang to Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan, gradually moving to the South (about 400 years ago), to find new land, so they were named C-ru (people who invade land), gradually becoming Churu... Up to now, the Churu people still retain many Cham cultural features in their lives, such as farming methods, traditional rituals, costumes, musical instruments, folk songs, folk dances, traditional occupations, beliefs and languages... Besides, Lam Dong still has traces of 2 Cham temples in the Loan area (Duc Trong)...

Tourists enjoy the experience of making pottery with artisans in Krang Go village

According to the research of the late journalist Khac Dung: The Churu ethnic group in Don Duong belongs to the Mon-Khmer language family. Along with preserving their own culture, they not only accept external cultural flows according to natural laws, but also accept a cultural flow outside of Churu right in their own living space. Thus, the "cultural flow outside of Churu" and the "Churu cultural flow" create a strength for Don Duong to exploit the cultural resources of the very unique Churu indigenous minority in tourism development, which no other district in Lam Dong province has...

Tourists at Churu Cultural Village

The Churu cultural heritage currently preserves a rich repertoire of folk songs and proverbs, with songs, folk songs, folk dances... praising the matriarchal system, the role of women in society, and the struggle for a happier life... However, vibrant and imbued with Cham culture are festival activities and community culture, with unique traditional musical instruments of the ancient Churu people, such as: Gongs, trumpets, drums, bronze gongs... performed not only in religious activities, worship rituals, festivals; but also in production life... In particular, the Tamya Arya dance is a highly communal dance, played on the background of almost all musical instruments... By the flickering firelight, the bare feet of the mountain boys and girls in the intoxication of the great forest seem to fly and flirt...

The Churu people still preserve long-standing traditional crafts such as pottery making and silver ring casting.

The Churu people are also an ethnic group that has and maintains two long-standing and famous traditional crafts: silver ring making and traditional pottery making. Both of these traditional crafts have the unique feature of being completely handmade and using familiar materials, such as: pottery does not use a turntable and is not fired in a kiln; while silver ring casting uses materials such as beeswax, buffalo dung, etc. to make molds, and silver is melted on a charcoal stove, etc.

The Churu people still preserve long-standing traditional crafts such as pottery making and silver ring casting.

Many architectural works in Don Duong bear the traditional cultural features of the Churu ethnic group, which are houses and community houses. In particular, the ancient wooden houses of the Churu ethnic group in Diom A village (Lac Xuan commune); Ka Don church (Ka Don commune) are sacred but extremely unique architectural works, respecting natural materials and natural landscapes; Churu Cultural Village (Dong Ho village, Quang Lap commune) has an area of ​​1.2 hectares, built on a pine hill, is an address for preserving tangible and intangible culture, modeled after the housing model of the Churu people, displaying artifacts in the family and community life of the Churu people...

The culinary culture of the Churu ethnic group is also a special highlight. In addition to bitter melon soup cooked with buffalo skin, forest leaves rolled with grilled stream fish served with green chili salt... there are also dishes such as: buffalo meat, beef, dried meat, dried fish... or foods that can be found around the area where they live, with a strong flavor of the mountains and forests, such as sharp frogs, wild vegetables...

The characteristics of the Churu ethnic group, together with the characteristics of other ethnic groups, make Don Duong a diverse residential area with many typical nuances and a place that preserves the traditional values ​​of indigenous peoples with beautiful natural landscapes...

(TO BE CONTINUED)

Source: http://baolamdong.vn/du-lich/202503/khai-thac-gia-tri-van-hoa-truyen-thong-cua-dong-bao-cac-dtts-gan-voi-phat-trien-du-lich-bai-2-f8652eb/