VHO - Today, December 20, the Center for Research and Preservation of Vietnamese Cultural Beliefs and the Vietnam Mother Goddess Religion Club held a conference to summarize activities to protect Mother Goddess worship in 2024.
Speaking at the closing ceremony, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Kim, Vice Chairman of the National Heritage Council, highly appreciated the activities of the Center for Research and Preservation of Vietnamese Cultural Beliefs and the Vietnam Mother Goddess Club in recent times.
With the efforts and active participation of the members of the Center and the Club, the activities of spreading heritage to the community are becoming clearer and more widespread. Up to now, the Vietnam Mother Goddess Club has 21 branches in 3 regions, not only promoting Mother Goddess religion but also contributing to the community and society.
Sharing the same view, Dr. Le Thi Minh Ly, member of the National Cultural Heritage Council, Vice President of the Vietnam Cultural Heritage Association, highly appreciated the activities of the Vietnam Mother Goddess Club in the past year.
According to Dr. Le Thi Minh Ly, the support of the Vietnam Mother Goddess Club has helped the practice of Mother Goddess religion go in the right direction, operate systematically and limit incorrect practices. To achieve this, the central and local cultural management agencies have supported and advised the Club a lot. Along with that, in the past year, the Club has also promoted international cooperation to promote and exchange heritage.
Dr. Le Thi Minh Ly said that in 2025 and the following years, the Center for Research and Preservation of Vietnamese Cultural Beliefs and the Vietnam Mother Goddess Club need to focus on research and promote more community-oriented activities. These are practical activities to prepare for the 10th anniversary of the Vietnamese Mother Goddess Worship Practice as a Representative Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Reporting at the Conference, Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thi Yen, Director of the Center for Research and Preservation of Vietnamese Cultural Beliefs, said that as a non-governmental organization, relying on socialized capital, the implementation of the Center's professional activities mainly relies on building a network of collaborators.
“We do this work by connecting researchers, cultural managers, religious and belief managers at scientific forums (seminars, seminars, scientific councils) to exchange and discuss practical issues related to research and management, preservation and promotion of cultural and religious heritage.”, Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thi Yen said.
Over the past year, the Center has implemented a number of basic activities related to the task of consulting and organizing activities to collect, research, protect and promote the value of Vietnamese cultural and religious heritage. At the same time, Actively support and engage religious communities to raise awareness of cultural heritage and protection measures in the spirit of the Law on Cultural Heritage and international conventions to which Vietnam is a party.
In 2024, the Center organized researchers who were collaborators to survey typical relics. At the same time, it participated in scientific forums and published research results on identifying the role and position of the worship of the Four Palaces in the system of Vietnamese beliefs.
Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thi Yen said that, following the research results from previous years, through research results and discussions at scientific forums, the role and position of Mother Goddess worship in the flow of Vietnamese beliefs have been further identified and deepened.
Identifying and clarifying the role and position of the Mother Goddess worship in the flow of Vietnamese beliefs is an extremely necessary task to contribute to policy advice and propose solutions for preservation and promotion, including proposals for cultural behavior with communities practicing Mother Goddess worship and similar forms of ethnic minorities.
In 2025, the Center will continue to build a network of collaborators through organizing seminars, scientific discussions, and events of the Mother Goddess Club to connect researchers, cultural managers, religious managers, and believers to expand exchanges, cooperation, and exchange of ideas in researching the worship of the Four Palaces of Mother Goddesses.
Continue to promote the role of professional consultancy in supporting localities and places of worship in activities to protect and promote the value of local cultural and religious heritage.
At the Conference, Meritorious Artisan Nguyen Tien Nghia, Deputy Director of the Center and Chairman of the Vietnam Mother Goddess Club, said that through activities and events in many provinces and cities, the Club has exchanged experiences in practicing beliefs, promoting the beauty, drawing lessons and overcoming limitations that are not in accordance with the law and humanistic values of the new era.
The activities of the Vietnam Mother Goddess Club have contributed to helping society and state management agencies have a more correct view of Mother Goddess Worship. In particular, the practicing community self-regulates its activities, gradually standardizing ceremonies to be in accordance with tradition, in accordance with the law and eliminating acts that distort the historical and cultural values of Mother Goddess Worship.
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