Colors of ethnic groups in the land at the end of Truong Son range

NDO - Binh Phuoc is a place where 41 ethnic groups converge and live, including the Xtieng, M'nong, Khmer... who have a long history of residence. During the development process, residents living in Binh Phuoc have created diverse and unique intangible cultural heritages.

Community friendship space of the M'nong people in Binh Phuoc.

For ethnic minorities in Binh Phuoc, in addition to celebrating the traditional New Year with the whole country, each ethnic group has its own traditional festivals, such as: Community Friendship Festival of the M'nong people, New Rice Festival of the Xtieng people, Bau Breaking Festival of the Khmer people... Through these festivals, people unite together to build increasingly prosperous villages and hamlets.

A place where ethnic colors converge

Binh Phuoc is a province in the Southeast region, not only famous for its beautiful natural scenery but also a unique destination with ethnic diversity. With the presence of many ethnic minorities, Binh Phuoc becomes a province with a colorful culture, reflecting the richness and richness of Vietnamese culture. In Binh Phuoc, one can find many typical ethnic groups such as Xtieng, Cham, Hre, Bru-Van Kieu and others. Each ethnic group has its own cultural characteristics, from language, customs, traditions to art and even culinary specialties.

Brocade weaving of the M'nong people in Binh Phuoc.

According to statistics from the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Binh Phuoc province has 45 historical and cultural relics ranked, including 5 special national relics, 12 national relics, 28 provincial relics; 1 representative intangible cultural heritage of humanity recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as Southern folk music, 6 national intangible cultural heritages, 25 provincial intangible heritages. Museums in the province are preserving and managing 15,360 artifacts, especially the national treasure of the Loc Hoa lithophone (Loc Hoa commune, Loc Ninh district). The Xtieng ethnic group is considered one of the oldest ethnic groups in Binh Phuoc. The Xtieng people live mainly in the area adjacent to the Central Highlands, carrying within them special cultural values, such as: xoe dance, traditional singing and typical festivals that have become an indispensable part of the daily life and communication of people in Binh Phuoc.

Ethnic groups living in Binh Phuoc province.

The Cham people in Binh Phuoc carry within themselves unique cultural features such as the Cham language, Po Klong Garai temple architecture and Apsara dance. Traditional festivals such as Ramuwan and Kate are also occasions for the Cham people in Binh Phuoc to gather, pray and show their respect to their ancestors. Due to the impact of many different factors, some festivals of ethnic minorities in Binh Phuoc are gradually fading away and are at risk of being forgotten by the younger generation. In order to preserve and promote the value of intangible cultural heritage, especially traditional festivals of ethnic minorities who have lived for a long time in the province, Binh Phuoc is making efforts to restore and spread traditional festivals of ethnic minorities with unique cultural values.

The Tat Bau festival space of the Khmer people is recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage.

"In addition to historical relics, Binh Phuoc has traditional festivals such as Cau Bong festival, Cau Mua festival; Mung luong moi festival... of the Xtieng and M'nong people. Besides, traditional crafts and folk knowledge are also quite unique, such as making rice wine; weaving and brocade weaving", said Mr. Nguyen Khac Vinh, Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Binh Phuoc province. However, the work of preserving and promoting the value of intangible cultural heritage in Binh Phuoc province is facing difficulties, in which the source of investment capital for culture is still very low.

In addition to historical relics, Binh Phuoc has traditional festivals such as Cau Bong festival, Cau Mua festival; New Rice Festival... of the Xtieng and M'nong people. Besides, traditional crafts and folk knowledge are also quite unique, such as making Can wine; weaving, brocade weaving. Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Binh Phuoc province Nguyen Khac Vinh

In order to do a good job of preserving and promoting the value of intangible cultural heritage in the province, the Binh Phuoc cultural sector is strengthening propaganda to help people understand the great value of intangible cultural heritage so that everyone can participate in transmitting, preserving, maintaining and promoting the value of the heritage.

Unique friendship ceremony of the M'nong people

Recently, Binh Phuoc has actively restored traditional festivals of ethnic minorities, such as: Friendship Festival of the Xtieng and M'nong people, New Rice Festival of the Xtieng people, Bau Breaking Festival of the Khmer people... thereby creating a positive effect in joining hands to preserve and promote cultural values ​​in the community. Most recently, in Son Hoa village, Tho Son commune, Bu Dang district, the M'nong Community Friendship Festival took place between Son Hoa village and Son Tung village. This is one of the activities to restore traditional festivals, contributing to preserving and promoting the traditional cultural values ​​of the M'nong people in the province.

The M'nong people in Binh Phuoc perform a community friendship ceremony.

To prepare for the ceremony, the village elders and young men carefully prepared offerings to the gods. At the altar area, traditional offerings such as pigs, chickens, bamboo rice, and rice wine were placed around the pole. The host and guests elected two representatives, who were village elders, to perform the rituals to worship the gods, praying for favorable weather and good crops. This was also an opportunity to pray for the health of the village community, to resolve all conflicts, and to unite together to fight against natural disasters and enemies that threaten the survival of the community.

Community Friendship Festival space of the M'nong people.

Village elder Dieu Men, Son Hoa village, Tho Son commune, Bu Dang district, Binh Phuoc province said: “Previously, the friendship festival was held once a year when villagers finished harvesting their crops. This was an opportunity for people to gather together to share the joy of their achievements after a year of hard work. We hope that the government will continue to pay attention and support villagers to regularly organize festivals to preserve the fine traditional culture of the M'nong people. At the same time, there will be policies to promote the cultural values ​​of festivals to become tourist destinations. Thereby, creating conditions for people here to promote cultural values ​​and develop community tourism.”

M'nong village elders in traditional costumes at the Community Friendship Festival.

Mrs. An De in Son Hoa village, Tho Son commune, Bu Dang district is one of the M'nong brocade weavers. On this occasion, she brought many traditional brocade products to the festival space to introduce to visitors from all over. Mrs. An De and artisans in Tho Son commune performed brocade weaving and weaving. Mrs. An De excitedly said: "We are the previous generation and are preserving the traditional beauty of the M'nong ethnic group. This is an opportunity for the people who have lived in Tho Son commune for a long time to introduce traditional cultural values ​​to people near and far. We hope that this festival will be maintained and developed in the future and associated with tourism activities". It is known that the M'nong community friendship festival is held during the off-season. This is also an opportunity for ethnic minority communities living in the same area to demonstrate their close relationship, solidarity, mutual support and assistance in life as well as in labor and production. Mr. Vu Duc Hoang, Head of the Department of Culture and Information of Bu Dang district, Binh Phuoc said: “The M'nong Friendship Festival is a very meaningful activity, thereby creating conditions for people to interact more closely with each other, to unite more, thereby building new rural areas, creating an increasingly beautiful rural appearance. Through recreating traditional festivals of ethnic minorities in Bu Dang district, we also aim to organize community tourism activities for visitors from all over to experience”.

M'nong people pound rice together on a happy community friendship day.

Restoring traditional festivals not only contributes to preserving the typical traditional cultural values ​​of ethnic minorities but also aims to develop community tourism. However, all levels and sectors need to support the promotion and promotion of tourism in ethnic minority areas, research and survey tourism potential, and select and develop tourism products typical of ethnic minority areas. At the same time, it is necessary to support training programs, fostering and training to develop tourism human resources in mountainous areas and ethnic minority areas. At the same time, prioritize resources to build infrastructure for tourism in association with protecting the ecological environment, and mobilize people to preserve unique cultural values ​​so that tourism becomes a sustainable source of livelihood.

“Declaration” of patriotism of the Xtieng people

During the war, the Xtieng people in Soc Bom Bo (now Bom Bo Village, Binh Minh Commune, Bu Dang District) pounded rice day and night to feed the army; they were willing to eat forest roots, cook with water filtered from cogon grass ash to give rice and salt to the army. And many children of the X'tieng people in Soc Bom Bo joined the army to fight the Americans, including Mr. Dieu Len.

A corner of Soc Bom Bo today.

From Dong Xoai city (the center of Binh Phuoc province), follow National Highway 14 towards the Central Highlands for about 50km to reach Soc Bom Bo. We were received by village elder Dieu Len, a brave American-killing soldier who is now approaching his 80s but still has a strong body and fierce eyes with a humorous smile. Elder Len said that during the anti-American resistance war, the Xtieng people of Soc Bom Bo contributed a lot of manpower and resources to the long and arduous resistance of our people. Normally, the people of Bom Bo have the custom of pounding rice every night to make food for their families the next day. But in the years when the enemy was fiercely sweeping, the resistance war against the US of our army and people was entering a fierce and fierce period, the army was lacking and facing difficulties in all aspects, with the spirit of patriotism, wholeheartedly following the Party and the revolution, the Xtieng people in Soc Bom Bo came up with the slogan "The whole of Soc Bom Bo pounded rice to feed the army", regardless of age, gender, they were united in mind and effort to pound rice to serve the army and serve the resistance.

Village elder Dieu Len teaches national traditions to future generations.

Village elder Dieu Len, a guerrilla fighter and one of the heroes of the anti-American resistance war, recalled: “In the early 1960s, the Americans and puppets continuously carried out raids, wanting to push people into strategic hamlets to destroy the revolution, wanting to cut off the people's connection with the revolution. Seeing that, the whole of Soc Bom Bo resolutely refused to enter the strategic hamlets.” Also according to elder Len, around 1963, when the enemy surrounded and terrorized them continuously, the old and young, men and women of several dozen households in Soc Bom Bo secretly crossed the forest and streams to the Nua Lon base to follow the revolution. In the new land, the people started to build camps, then worked and fought the enemy. The young men joined the army, went on guerilla warfare, and worked as liaisons, while the women and children pounded rice day and night to feed the troops.

The country was liberated, in 1977, Mr. Dieu Len became Deputy Secretary of Phuoc Long District Youth Union, after a few years he became Secretary of Dak Nhau Commune Party Committee. He was awarded the First Class Anti-American Resistance Medal and the First Class Victory Medal by the Party, State and Army. He was awarded the title of brave warrior three times (brave warrior in destroying the US-puppet, brave warrior against sweeps and brave warrior in destroying evil and breaking pincers).

Traditional costumes of the Xtieng people.

Today, Soc Bom Bo has changed a lot and the house of old man Dieu Len is located right next to the wide asphalt road. Every day, old man Len is still an exemplary leader in developing the family economy, brewing rice wine and preserving the cultural beauty of the Xtieng people. With his own life and reputation, village elder Dieu Len has helped the Bom Bo people trust and understand the Party's policies better, join hands and unite to build Soc Bom Bo more and more prosperous.

Changes in areas with large ethnic minority populations

In recent years, in addition to the policies issued by the Central Government, the province has proactively implemented many programs, projects, and policies... to prioritize investment in the development of ethnic minority and mountainous areas, especially the special program to reduce 1,000 poor ethnic minority households and build 1,000km of rural roads each year, contributing to poverty reduction in the region, narrowing the gap between rich and poor between localities in the province.

Binh Phuoc prioritizes resources to develop infrastructure connecting areas with large ethnic minority populations.

However, the lives of ethnic minorities in the province still face many difficulties, the intellectual level is not high, the production level is backward, and the application of scientific and technological advances in production is limited. Based on the characteristics, requirements, and actual situation, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee agreed to implement the National Target Program on socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas for the period 2021-2030. This is one of the solutions to maximize the strength of national solidarity; arouse the aspiration for development, the will to be self-reliant, self-reliant, and national pride in the ethnic minority community, towards the goal of comprehensive development of the province. According to Secretary of the Binh Phuoc Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Manh Cuong, in order to effectively implement the program, Binh Phuoc province has paid attention to investing in a focused, key, and sustainable manner, especially focusing on communes, villages, and hamlets with special difficulties. In addition, the province prioritizes resources to solve urgent problems; Prioritize support for poor households and ethnic minority groups in the most difficult circumstances. Ensure transparency, democracy, promote ownership and active, proactive and effective participation of the community and people; promote the spirit of striving of ethnic minorities.

Border guards of Binh Phuoc province help ethnic minorities grow wet rice.

Binh Phuoc strives to increase the average income of ethnic minorities to a fairly good level by 2025; the poverty rate will decrease by 1.5-2% each year. 100% of villages and hamlets have solid roads to the commune center; 100% of schools and classrooms are solidly built and fully equipped with learning equipment; commune-level health stations are equipped with machinery, professional training to meet the needs of examination and treatment is guaranteed; 100% of households have access to the national grid and other suitable power sources; 100% of ethnic minorities have access to clean water for daily life; 100% of people can watch television and listen to the radio...

To achieve the above goal, Binh Phuoc province is synchronously implementing solutions, focusing on propaganda to arouse the proactive will and rise of ethnic minorities, especially poor and near-poor households. In addition, Binh Phuoc focuses resources on investing in infrastructure development; promoting vocational training for people, especially developing traditional crafts of ethnic minorities associated with tourism development...

The cultural beauty of ethnic groups in Binh Phuoc is being promoted through community tourism.

With synchronous and drastic solutions from all levels, sectors and the will to rise up of ethnic minorities, by 2025 and with a vision to 2030, the ethnic minority and mountainous areas of Binh Phuoc will have a new, prosperous and beautiful appearance; the material and spiritual life of the ethnic groups here will be improved day by day.

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