The Culture and Tourism Week associated with the Ok Om Bok Festival is an opportunity to promote to tourists the image of the people and land of Tra Vinh, especially the potential, advantages, and unique cultural features of ethnic minorities.
On the evening of November 9, the People's Committee of Tra Vinh province held the opening ceremony of the Culture and Tourism Week associated with the Ok Om Bok Festival in 2024.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Vice Chairman of Tra Vinh Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Quynh Thien said Ok Om Bok is a traditional festival of the Khmer people in the South, recognized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage.
This year's Cultural and Tourism Week associated with the Ok Om Bok Festival in Tra Vinh province is organized on an expanded provincial scale to serve people in sightseeing, entertainment, exchange, community connection, creating motivation to contribute to increasing labor productivity, fulfilling socio-economic development targets in 2024, towards successfully implementing the Resolution of the 11th Provincial Party Congress, term 2020-2025.
The event contributes to preserving and promoting the fine traditional cultural values of ethnic groups in the province, building an advanced Vietnamese culture imbued with national identity.
This is an opportunity to promote to tourists the image of Tra Vinh people and land, especially the potential, advantages, and unique cultural features of ethnic groups, especially the Khmer people.
Enterprises inside and outside the province have the opportunity to exchange and cooperate to develop diverse tourism products with provinces and cities; search for markets, promote investment, trade, tourism, and call for investment in tourism development.
The Cultural and Tourism Week associated with the Ok Om Bok Festival of Tra Vinh province in 2024 takes place from November 9-15 in Tra Vinh city, with many attractive activities associated with rich and exciting content.
Specifically, the Southern Cuisine Space of Tra Vinh province in 2024; the tourism exhibition space "Tra Vinh - Connection and Development"; the Trade Promotion Fair - Rural Industrial Products and OCOP associated with the Ok Om Bok Festival of Tra Vinh province in 2024; the 2nd Khmer Ethnic Amateur Dance Festival of Tra Vinh province in 2024.
Along with that, there are exhibition booths displaying typical products of the Khmer ethnic group, book exhibitions and mobile library services; displays and demonstrations of traditional Khmer ethnic groups' crafts and costumes; activities to celebrate Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day; water puppetry performances; festival nights...
In addition, the province also organizes many sports activities such as dragon boat racing, motorbike racing, football, Khmer youth volleyball, bicycle racing; folk games, etc.
After the ceremony, there was an art program performed by singers and artists from Ho Chi Minh City, Tra Vinh Provincial Cultural Center, and the Khmer Art Troupe Anh Binh Minh.
Vietnamplus.vn
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