With their enthusiasm and responsibility, the elderly in Thanh Hoa province have made constant efforts to preserve, conserve and promote the unique traditional cultural values of their locality. From there, not only enriching spiritual life, but also contributing to preserving the priceless "assets" that our ancestors have painstakingly built and passed on to future generations.
The Chairman of the People's Committee of Thieu Hoa district awarded a Certificate of Merit to Meritorious Artist Dam Van Su, who has excellent achievements in preserving the intangible cultural heritage of folk performing arts of lantern dancing, alphabet arrangement, and ancient Cheo singing in the Ngu Vong Phuong festival, Thieu Quang commune (Thieu Hoa).
Roc Ram village, Xuan Phuc commune (Nhu Thanh) is not only a land that still preserves many traditional cultural values of the Thai ethnic group, but this place is also famous for the Kin Chieng Booc May festival - a typical festival of the Thai ethnic group that has been recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage. In the journey to bring the festival to that national intangible cultural heritage, the important role and contribution of elderly artisans is indispensable.
According to artisan Luc Van Huong, his hometown has long established the Kin Chieng Booc May Festival. However, over time, the festival has been forgotten. As someone who was born in the village since childhood, I have witnessed the villagers organizing the festival with unique cultural values bearing the mark of my ethnic group. Therefore, when I saw that the festival was no longer widespread in life, I and some other villagers sought to restore it. Around the 1980s, we began to collect and research to find the origin as well as the methods and forms of organizing the festival.
Up to now, the festival has been organized in a complete and systematic way, both in content and form, and is held in January and February of the lunar calendar every year. In the festival, in addition to the solemn and respectful rituals, the most special feature that attracts many visitors is the singing and dancing under the cotton tree, and the organization of traditional folk games and performances such as bamboo jumping, throwing con...
At his "rare" age, Mr. Dam Van Su in Nhan Cao village, Thieu Quang commune (Thieu Hoa) still clearly remembers every note and dance of the folk performing art "Dance with lanterns, singing with ancient cheo" in the Ngu Vong Phuong festival. Mr. Su said that the Ngu Vong Phuong festival is a folk art activity imbued with the religious colors of the river region of the Nhan Cao village community, taking place on January 12 every year. The unique feature of the art of dancing with lanterns is the combination of ancient cheo singing as well as dance movements to create a lantern dance suite, in which ancient cheo singing includes 4 songs: singing with spears, singing with fans, singing with boats, and singing with spears. Each lantern dancing team will consist of 12 girls. When the music starts, the girls in the lantern dancing team will put a lantern disc on their heads, sing and dance, and finally arrange the letters "first, second, third, fourth, and fifth". After performing the letters in the arranged shape, the whole team will lie down, turn over and roll to form a 5-petal flower, then move in a horizontal line, lift the lamp disc above their heads with both hands, bow down in gratitude and leave the stage.
"I am very happy and proud that the performing art of "Dance with lanterns and singing with ancient cheo" in the Ngu Vong Phuong festival has been recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage. Therefore, in order for the dances and songs not to be lost over time, as long as I am healthy, I will continue to teach them to the younger generation so that this heritage can increasingly be promoted in daily life," Mr. Su shared.
To ignite the fire for traditional cultural values to develop and last forever, more than anyone else, people like Mr. Huong and Mr. Su are still diligently playing the role of a connecting thread to multiply the pride, spirit and responsibility of the younger generation in preserving the unique cultural values of the nation. Vice Chairman of the Provincial Elderly Association Do Xuan Phong said: The preservation and promotion of traditional cultural values of ethnic groups in the province has always been of interest to the elderly and they play a core role. The elderly have actively mobilized the young generation to establish cultural and artistic clubs in villages and residential groups; restored and maintained singing, speaking and costumes to teach their children and grandchildren; many elderly people also take on important roles in ritual committees at festivals, cultural and religious activities, preserving the good customs of the nation. In recent years, the Provincial Elderly Association and all levels of the Elderly Association at the grassroots level have done a good job of propagating and mobilizing members to promote their role, enthusiasm and responsibility in preserving and promoting the traditional cultural values of their localities. In addition, they have actively coordinated in organizing exchange activities, performances and art competitions for the elderly, thereby contributing to preserving and enriching the spiritual and cultural life of ethnic minorities in the province.
Article and photos: Nguyen Dat
Source: https://baothanhhoa.vn/nguoi-cao-tuoi-tham-gia-giu-gin-van-hoa-truyen-thong-220715.htm
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