Attending the program were Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Dao Cuong; Lieutenant General Khuat Viet Dung, National Assembly delegate, Vice President of the Vietnam Veterans Association; Member of the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee, Head of the Propaganda Department of the Hanoi Party Committee Nguyen Doan Toan; Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People's Council Pham Qui Tien; Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Nguyen Manh Quyen...
In his opening speech, Chairman of Quoc Oai District People's Committee Nguyen Truong Son said that the program will be held during the Thay Pagoda Festival in 2024 and the April 30 - May 1, 2024 holiday in an outdoor space with a series of important political and cultural events of Quoc Oai district, contributing to motivating the strength of the entire people, creating a joyful and exciting atmosphere, improving the spiritual and cultural life of the people.
The program is organized with the aim of honoring cultural values, traditional festivals, preserving, embellishing and promoting the value of intangible cultural heritages in Quoc Oai district; gradually exploiting the potential and cultural and artistic values of the Thay Pagoda National Special Relic Complex in the direction of developing historical and cultural tourism.
Cultural activities, trade promotion, tourism in the program aim to promote the image of the land and people of Quoc Oai, an attractive destination with many intangible cultural heritages, craft villages, diverse local culinary and cultural products, contributing to enhancing the position, image and people of Quoc Oai; continue to build the tourism image of Quoc Oai district as a destination for domestic and foreign tourists with the rich history and traditional culture of Quoc Oai district.
Besides, it is to widely propagate to a large number of cadres, party members, and people of all walks of life to raise awareness and deep understanding of the meaning, value, and importance of the national intangible cultural heritage of Thay Pagoda festival in social life; thereby educating political ideology, patriotism, arousing revolutionary heroism, the spirit of great solidarity, patriotism, pride, and the will to be self-reliant and self-reliant of the nation...
Immediately after the ceremony to receive the title of National Intangible Cultural Heritage, there was a special art program, including many performances containing great values about the history, culture and people of Quoc Oai...
Quoc Oai district is known as the cradle of the culture of the Doai region, where many types of intangible culture are preserved such as: Do singing, Ham Rong singing, Tuong singing, Cheo singing, Muong singing... Thay Pagoda Festival is the pride of the people of Quoc Oai, held from the 5th to the 7th of March... The festival has a religious and spiritual nature combined with unique cultural heritages, attracting the participation of many people to explore the regional culture. Besides the ceremony with traditional rituals fully practiced, there are also spaces recreating the daily life, production, and folk games associated with the indigenous people...
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