In order for the festival to operate in accordance with the laws of culture, and for the cultural values of the festival to be promoted in the spiritual life of society, the management of the festival needs special attention. The festival can only promote its cultural value when the organization and management work is unified and well coordinated between the local government and people.
Ha Nam is a land of culture, where over 1,800 relics and more than 100 large and small festivals still exist and take place all year round. Many famous festivals attract a large number of tourists from all over the world, such as: Tich Dien Doi Festival, Tran Thuong Temple Salary Distribution Ceremony, Lanh Temple Festival, Lieu Doi Martial Arts Festival, Tien Pagoda Festival... Through the ups and downs of life, festivals in Ha Nam still carry basic cultural values, demonstrating the strength of the community; festivals are associated with pilgrimage and tourism activities; festivals guide people back to their roots, balancing spiritual life; festivals contribute to preserving, enriching and promoting the national cultural identity. Festivals exist and are preserved by the people themselves. Moreover, the people are the organizers, highlighting the cultural significance of festivals in social life; Breathe life into festivals with faith, community spirit, empathy and sense of responsibility, even though each festival has its own color.
However, the more social life develops, the more complicated the organization and management of festivals are revealed and arise. In Ha Nam, the decentralization and strict implementation of the organization and management of festivals have been paid attention to. Mr. Mai Thanh Chung, Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, affirmed: If the decentralization of management is done well, festivals will promote the combined strength of the people as well as the local government; promote the value of each festival. However, in addition to spiritual benefits, organizing festivals now also brings material benefits, so handling the funding sources of festivals well is also one of the issues for festivals...
This reality is most clearly seen in the Tran Thuong Temple Salary Distribution Festival (Tran Hung Dao Commune, Ly Nhan District). This is a festival to commemorate the national hero Hung Dao Dai Vuong Tran Quoc Tuan. Since 2010, when the Provincial People's Committee decided to organize a large-scale salary distribution ceremony, the festival has been organized systematically with close coordination between the local government and the people of Nhan Dao Commune (now Tran Hung Dao Commune).
According to Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Khanh, Head of the Department of Culture and Information of Ly Nhan district, the festival was restored based on old customs, preserving positive elements but at the same time combining with some new elements to suit the requirements of cultural development in the current period. In particular, in the festival, many folk games and performances have been and are being invested in and restored... In fact, the festival has been and is being organized with a reasonable division of work for each level; highly socialized. The work of directing, guiding, propagating, disseminating and educating the law on festivals has been widely implemented by local authorities in various forms and contents to ensure compliance with State regulations, contributing to educating local people and visitors participating in the festival to comply with all festival rules and regulations, such as: awareness of preserving the dignity of places of worship, maintaining environmental hygiene, public order and security... actively contributing to the propaganda and introduction of festival values.
After about 10 years of Ha Nam province being re-established, many major festivals have been restored. Initially, the festival organization was heavily oriented towards state management, and people had little direct participation in the main activities of the festival. After each year of organization, the authorities at all levels and functional sectors in Ha Nam learned from experience, clearly decentralizing the organization and management of festivals, creating initiative and flexibility for people to participate in festival activities in accordance with cultural laws. As with the Doi Son Tich Dien Festival, the organization and management of the festival was assigned to the local authorities and people. Party, State and provincial leaders attended and participated in plowing Tich Dien with the meaning of deepening the cultural value of the festival, highlighting the tradition and the deep relationship between the Party, State, government and people.
Based on the festival organization scenario, local people arrange and assign tasks suitable for each activity; nominate people to "play the king" to plow; organize a competition to make rice cakes; arrange the best plowing buffaloes to perform in the festival... People do those jobs with pride in their cultural depth and the abundance and fullness in life protected, helped and supported by their ancestors; together towards a goal of preserving and promoting traditional cultural values; clarifying a cultural region of outstanding people where they live. Those cultural values always create a strength that helps them to be steadfast, ready to face all difficulties, educating their children to always remember their ancestors to build a rich and strong homeland.
People's support is considered a measure of the capacity in organizing and managing festivals in each locality. People are not only creators and enjoyers of culture but also create the strength of community solidarity, revive cultural values and pass them on through generations. When people agree with the direction, operation, organization and management of local authorities, the preservation and organization of festivals will have real practical value. From this awareness, for many years, the organization and management of festivals in Ha Nam has always been evaluated and ranked A by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism; for two consecutive years, Ha Nam was honored by the World Travel Awards as "The World's Leading Local Cultural Destination 2023" and "Asia's Leading Emerging Tourist Destination" in 2024.
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