11/08/2023 13:19
For many years now, many ethnic minorities in Kon Plong district have had additional income and improved their lives from performing gongs and xoang dances for tourists.
During the day, Ms. Y Duân (22 years old, Kon Chênh village, Mang Canh commune) is a busy farmer planting rice in the field. But in the evening, she is a gentle Mo Nam girl in traditional dress dancing xoang to the beat of gongs. Ms. Y Duân considers xoang dancing a part-time job. She started dancing in high school, but at that time, there were only occasional guest groups to perform. After finishing high school, when she joined the village gong team, she started performing regularly and had an income.
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“This season is a bit quiet with few tourists, so there are only a few groups a month, but during holidays and Tet, it is very crowded, especially when Mang Den town has a festival. The income from xoang dancing is also quite stable because depending on the number of groups served, the members get more or less money. During the quiet months, it is about a few hundred thousand VND, but during holidays and Tet, there are months when it is up to a few million VND. This money helps me cover my living expenses, family expenses and gas money to go to the fields,” Ms. Y Duân happily said.
Mr. A Le - Captain of the Kon Chênh village gong team said that the team was established in 2013, and up to now, it still has 18 members who regularly practice and perform. Since the beginning of the year, the village gong team has performed more than 20 times at hotels and restaurants in Mang Den town. Each time, the team is paid 2-3 million VND, which is then divided equally among the members. This amount of money, although small, helps the members have more income to take care of their families.
As for the gong and xoang dance team of Kon Pring village (Mang Den town), many people have a stable income when joining the team. Mr. A Hênh (30 years old, Kon Pring village) is one of 10 male members of the village's gong team. Mr. A Hênh used to be a farmer who worked in the rice fields every day, with a low income. In 2020, he joined the village's gong team; since then, he has always actively practiced and followed the team to perform every day.
According to Mr. A Hênh, the village's gong team has 25 members who are farmers and their income depends only on the cassava fields. When the gong team was established, everyone in the village happily agreed to join. The gong team was born, the members both had income and preserved and conserved the traditional cultural beauty of the nation. Before each performance, the team leader and members had to carefully prepare everything, from sound, light, firewood, and rice wine to ensure the best service for tourists and leave a special impression of the Mo Nam culture.
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Since the beginning of the year, the Kon Pring gong team has performed nearly 70 times, with each performance earning members an average of 100,000-200,000 VND. On average, I earn about 2 million VND per month, said A Hênh.
Mr. Dinh Tam - Deputy Head of the Department of Culture and Information of Kon Plong district said that gong culture and xoang dance have been used for community tourism in villages and hamlets since 2013, but at that time it was still spontaneous and small-scale. Up to now, in the area, there are 8 semi-professional gong teams from villages and hamlets regularly participating in performances to serve tourists.
Usually, gong and xoang dance performances will be held in the evening. Tourist groups from all over the place will come to hotels and restaurants in Mang Den town to watch gong and xoang dance teams perform. Then, tourists are invited to join in xoang dance to the gong rhythm around the red fire, while dancing and enjoying rice wine and eating local specialties, which makes tourists very excited.
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