In recent years, in addition to paying attention to socio-economic development, Lung Niem commune (Ba Thuoc) has also focused on preserving and promoting traditional cultural values, contributing to improving the spiritual and cultural life of the people.
The brocade weaving profession is preserved and promoted by the people of Lung Niem commune.
Lan Ngoai village has 139 households, 521 people, mainly ethnic minorities. This is one of the typical villages in preserving the traditional cultural values of the Thai ethnic group, Lung Niem commune. Along with the Thai language used in daily communication, traditional costumes of Thai women are used regularly on holidays, Tet, local political events, many households in the village also preserve the brocade weaving profession. In 2014, Lan Ngoai village was supported by the Thanh Hoa Provincial Women's Union with industrial sewing machines, looms and funds for households to restore and promote the brocade weaving profession. Thanks to that, the local brocade weaving profession has conditions to develop. Currently, Lan Ngoai village has more than 50 female members working in brocade weaving, with an income of more than 3 million VND/person/month.
Not only in Lan Ngoai village, many women's association members in villages in Lung Niem commune also actively participate in preserving the brocade weaving craft. Currently, Lung Niem commune has more than 200 women who know how to weave brocade. Those who weave brocade not only contribute to preserving and promoting traditional cultural values but also create jobs for more than 100 local workers.
Along with encouraging people to participate in preserving the brocade weaving craft, Lung Niem commune also encourages villages to establish clubs and art troupes to preserve the national cultural identity. Currently, the commune has established 3 clubs and 8 mass art troupes. Through the clubs and art troupes, all members have been mobilized to participate in collecting the folk cultural resources of ethnic minorities; organizing and staging folk songs and dances to serve people on holidays and Tet.
With the attention of the local Party Committee, government and the consensus of the people of Lung Niem commune, traditional cultural values are preserved and promoted. Many households in the commune still preserve and develop the brocade weaving profession and live in traditional stilt houses. Traditional cultural forms, games and performances are preserved and promoted in the community. Many artisans in the commune actively participate in passing on to the younger generation the folk songs and dances of the Thai ethnic group. Schools in the commune always focus on incorporating the content of traditional ethnic minority cultural education into lectures and experiential activities for students.
Mr. Bui Van Tung, Chairman of Lung Niem Commune People's Committee, said: Implementing the tourism development program, Ba Thuoc district determined to build Pho Don village, Lung Niem commune into a cultural tourism center to form a cultural tourism destination for tourists to visit and experience Pu Luong. This is an important condition for Lung Niem commune to preserve and promote traditional cultural values associated with tourism development, create jobs, and increase income for people. To do this, the commune continues to propagate and mobilize people to actively preserve traditional cultural identity. Support part of the budget to purchase equipment for cultural and artistic clubs to operate. Encourage households in the commune to preserve and promote brocade weaving, develop tourism... Thereby, contributing to preserving traditional cultural identity, creating motivation to promote the movement "All people unite to build a cultural life" to have a wide spread, promoting the socio-economic development of the locality.
Article and photos: Xuan Cuong
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