Festivals of ethnic minorities in Quang Ninh province have many unique and valuable features, many of which have become national intangible heritages. Therefore, the preservation and promotion of festival cultural values, and the orientation of developing them into unique tourism products, need to continue to receive attention and appropriate investment from all levels, sectors and localities.
Each ethnic minority has its own traditional festivals associated with customs, practices, beliefs and production labor. With festivals in general or spring festivals in particular, the main meaning is still praying for blessings, good harvests, peaceful and prosperous life. The offerings displayed and offered in the festival are not elaborate but are often products produced by the people themselves such as: chicken, pork, duck, fish, rice, corn, bamboo shoots, traditional cakes... During the festival days, people often choose the most beautiful ethnic costumes to participate in cultural exchange activities and folk games. Each festival has made the atmosphere of the villages and hamlets bustling and joyful, strengthening community cohesion, constantly arousing in each person the awareness of preserving, conserving and transmitting precious cultural values.
Tien Yen is a land with a long-standing and rich culture, with 13 ethnic groups living together such as: Kinh, Dao, Tay, San Diu, San Chi, Hoa, Thai, Cao Lan... In recent years, Tien Yen district has devoted many resources to continuously promote cultural values in general and traditional festivals of ethnic minorities in the district in particular. The district identifies this as an endogenous resource contributing to building the locality to soon become the Cultural Center of ethnic groups in the Northeast region, and at the same time, a driving force to promote sustainable community tourism development.
Comrade Nguyen Chi Thanh, Secretary of Tien Yen District Party Committee, said: Along with the general conservation work, through traditional festivals and cultural festivals, Tien Yen district is strongly and effectively promoting the unique cultural values of local ethnic minorities, such as: Music, costumes, culinary arts, folk games, ethnic sports... In the coming time, Tien Yen will continue to invest in improving the scale and quality of Dao, Tay, San Chi, San Diu ethnic festivals, restoring and preserving typical rituals such as: Lau then, praying for harvest, cap sac, dai phan... From here, develop into unique and unique cultural tourism products, both contributing to better cultural conservation work and constantly improving people's lives.
Not only Tien Yen, in recent years, localities with a large population of ethnic minorities have also focused on organizing and developing new festivals and festivals based on the farming and agricultural production practices of the people. From here, not only meeting the needs of living, cultural exchange, arts and sports of ethnic minorities but also exploiting the unique cultural imprints of the ethnic minorities to become unique and attractive tourism products. Typical examples include: Golden Season Festival, So Flower Festival (Binh Lieu); Golden Season Festival of Soong Co region; San Diu Ethnic Culture and Sports Festival (Tien Yen); Tay Ethnic Culture Festival (Ba Che); Sim Flower Festival on the Border (Mong Cai) ...
With efforts in preserving and promoting the cultural values of ethnic minority festivals, in 2024, Quang Ninh had 3 more national intangible cultural heritages recognized, including: Wind abstinence custom of Dao people in Dong Van commune, Binh Lieu district; Cap sac ceremony of Dao Thanh Y people in Ha Long city, Uong Bi city, Cam Pha city, Mong Cai city, Van Don district, Ba Che district, Binh Lieu district, Tien Yen district, Dam Ha district, Hai Ha district and New rice celebration ceremony of Tay people in Ha Long city, Cam Pha city, Dong Trieu city, Binh Lieu district, Tien Yen district, Ba Che district, Hai Ha district, Dam Ha district.
In order to continue to restore, preserve and promote the cultural values of traditional festivals, improve the level of cultural enjoyment for ethnic minorities associated with the development of community tourism, the Provincial People's Committee has issued Plan No. 125/KH-UBND on the implementation of Project 6 "Preserving and promoting the fine traditional cultural values of ethnic minorities associated with tourism development" under the National Target Program on socio-economic development of ethnic minority and mountainous areas for the period 2021-2030. In which, it is determined that surveying, inventorying, collecting and documenting the traditional cultural heritage of ethnic minorities; organizing the preservation and promotion of typical traditional festivals of ethnic minorities, exploiting and developing products for tourism development are among the key tasks that need to be implemented immediately in 2025.
Traditional festivals have been and are adding to the colorful cultural picture of the ethnic minority communities in Quang Ninh province in the flow of modern culture. Thereby, not only contributing to enriching the identity and culture of Quang Ninh people but also being a valuable resource for tourism development and promoting the development of the province's cultural industry.
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