Looming in the sim hills at the sim conservation area in Hong Thuong commune are moon houses and guol houses rising up against the blue sky and white clouds. This is a remarkable achievement from the Project to build a Traditional Cultural Village of Ethnic Minorities in A Luoi district under Project 6, National Target Program 1719 that has been and is being implemented in the ethnic minority areas of Thua Thien Hue province.
Cultural preservation village
The A Luoi District Ethnic Minority Traditional Cultural Village Project (abbreviated as the Ethnic Minority Cultural Village), invested by the People's Committee of A Luoi District, is built in the Sim Conservation Area in Hong Thuong Commune. The village is built on an area of 5 hectares, with a total investment of nearly 20.8 billion VND from the National Target Program on Socio-Economic Development of Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Areas for the period 2021 - 2030, phase 1 from 2021 - 2025 (National Target Program 1719). The project was approved in July 2022 and construction started in May 2023.
After 18 months of construction, on September 6, 2024, the Ethnic Minority Cultural Village of A Luoi district was inaugurated and put into operation. The village is located in the middle of a poetic sim hill, including a communal house and 3 traditional houses of the Pa Co people (a local group of the Ta Oi), Ta Oi and Co Tu ethnic groups. Cultural identity is expressed in the landscape space, architecture of the guol house, communal house and moong house of the Pa Co, Ta Oi, Co Tu people...
The village was built and put into operation to preserve and promote the cultural values and traditional festivals of ethnic minorities in Thua Thien Hue province, meeting the cultural exchange needs of people and tourists. This is also a place to recreate daily life scenes, customs, festival culture and preserve traditional crafts such as weaving, weaving and folk knowledge of ethnic minorities, contributing to socio-economic development and towards the goal of sustainable poverty reduction.
Mr. Le Quang Vinh, Chairman of the People's Committee of Hong Thuong Commune, A Luoi District, said: "The Ethnic Minority Cultural Village of A Luoi District is built in Hong Thuong Commune. The government and people of Hong Thuong will work with the people of A Luoi District to preserve the traditional cultural values imbued with the identity of ethnic minorities and develop tourism in the area."
Since August 2024, many tourist groups have come to visit, check in, and join in the traditional festivals recreated at the Village. Ms. Ho Thi Thuy, a Pa Co person from Hong Thuong commune, was very excited to interact with friends from other ethnic groups at the Traditional Cultural Village and shared: “Here, I met many friends from different ethnic groups such as Co Tu, Ta Oi, Pa Hy. Everyone joined hands to spread and introduce to their friends what cultural features our ethnic group has.”
A place to showcase cultural identity
Although it was just inaugurated in early September this year, before that, at the Ethnic Minority Cultural Village in A Luoi district, many activities took place recreating traditional festivals, displaying and introducing handicraft products, performing traditional crafts and folk cultural activities.
A Luoi District plans to bring some households of Pa Co, Ta Oi, and Co Tu ethnic groups to live in the Village in the near future. With the space of a cultural village and the community of ethnic groups living here, the breath of the land and the new people blend together to create a diverse and rich cultural color.
Accordingly, traditional festivals and many cultural heritages of ethnic minorities will be restored and reconstructed. Folk songs, folk dances, and musical instruments of ethnic minorities will be collected, preserved, and performed in the village space to serve tourists who come to visit and experience. At the same time, the treasure of knowledge of village elders, village chiefs, and prestigious people will pass on valuable documents to build and develop the Cultural Village to become more and more attractive.
Currently, the preservation and promotion of intangible cultural values and unique cultural practices of ethnic minorities in A Luoi district are maintained regularly. The A Rieu Ca Festival of the Pa Co people, the Kliing Tang Festival (Giang worship ceremony) of the Ta Oi people or the An Ninh Festival (returning gifts from the groom's family) of the Co Tu people not only convey traditional cultural values but also create attraction to develop tourism and improve the economic life of the people.
At the same time, traditional occupations such as weaving, weaving, pottery, handicrafts, and local OCOP products such as dwarf bananas, A Luoi yellow cows, and Radu rice will be further developed. Thereby, creating a source of income, improving people's lives, and contributing to sustainable poverty reduction.
Tieu Dao - Bao Anh (Ethnic and Development Newspaper)
Source: https://baophutho.vn/lang-van-hoa-tren-reo-cao-may-trang-220663.htm
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