Khanh Hoa has one more national intangible cultural heritage

(To Quoc) - The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has just issued Decision 3992/QD-BVHTTDL on announcing the List of national intangible cultural heritage.

On December 11, Mr. Nguyen Van Nhuan - Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Khanh Hoa province, said that the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism has decided to include the knowledge of exploiting and processing Khanh Hoa bird's nests in the National Intangible Cultural Heritage List.

Processing bird's nest specialty at Khanh Hoa Salanganes Nest State-owned Company Limited.

Khanh Hoa is a land known as "Land of Agarwood - Sea of ​​Bird's Nest", the bird's nest industry in this locality has been recorded for nearly 700 years, containing unique, distinctive historical and cultural values ​​and is very important to the people, as well as the socio-economic development of the locality.

The knowledge of exploiting and processing bird's nests in the community is a valuable treasure that has both cultural value and significance for the socio-economic development of the locality. Many customs and beliefs in remembrance and gratitude to the ancestors of the profession and the predecessors who have worked hard to foster development are still preserved and practiced in today's life.

Every year on the 10th day of the 5th lunar month, Khanh Hoa people hold a festival at Hon Noi island to commemorate the great merits of the ancestors who founded and developed the bird's nest industry. The bird's nest festival has also become one of the traditional festivals of the local people. The professional folk knowledge in exploiting and processing bird's nest needs to be preserved and protected for future generations./.

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