Honoring, preserving and promoting the spirit of great solidarity of the Vietnamese ethnic community

On the evening of December 14, at the Quang Tri Provincial Cultural and Cinema Center, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism coordinated with Quang Tri Province to open the 2024 Vietnamese Ethnic Culture Festival in Quang Tri Province.

The song and dance performance of the Lac Bird epic began the opening night of the festival.

Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Trinh Thi Thuy; Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly's Ethnic Council Dinh Thi Phuong Lan; representatives of leaders of ministries, branches; representatives of leaders of 16 provinces and cities with ethnic groups participating in the festival attended. On the side of Quang Tri province, there were comrades: Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Nguyen Dang Quang; Acting Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Ha Sy Dong, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Hoang Nam and a large number of people attended. In her opening speech, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Trinh Thi Thuy emphasized: In the letter sent to the Southern Ethnic Minorities Congress in Pleiku, Gia Lai province in 1946, President Ho Chi Minh wrote: "The Kinh or Tho, Muong or Man, Gia Rai or E De, Xe Dang or Ba Na and other ethnic minorities are all descendants of Vietnam, all blood brothers. We live and die together, we are happy and miserable together, we help each other in hunger and fullness".

Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Trinh Thi Thuy delivered the opening speech.

Keeping in mind Uncle Ho's advice, in the history of the struggle for national liberation as well as in the process of innovation and national construction, under the leadership of the Party, the Vietnamese people of all ethnic groups have always promoted the spirit of great solidarity, overcoming all difficulties and hardships, joining hands and hearts to build a rich and beautiful homeland and country. The Vietnam Ethnic Culture Festival is an event to honor, preserve and promote the spirit of great solidarity, the fine traditional cultural values ​​of the ethnic groups in the unified and diverse culture of the Vietnamese ethnic community. The culture of the 54 Vietnamese ethnic groups was formed and crystallized in the historical process of building and defending the country, those cultural values ​​have created a strong vitality, the glue that connects and makes up the strength of the Vietnamese people. Along with common cultural values, each ethnic group has its own identity, born from historical traditions, from natural landscapes, living environment...

Performances of ethnic groups in Quang Tri.

From there, unique cultural values ​​are formed in language, costumes, cuisine, folk art, behavioral relationships, traditional beliefs and many other forms of expression, contributing to the unity of Vietnamese culture in diversity. Preserving and promoting the fine traditional cultural values ​​of ethnic groups is both a goal and a central, long-term task identified by our Party and State in all periods, especially in the context of innovation, globalization and the scientific and technological revolution that is taking place strongly as it is today. Comrade Trinh Thi Thuy affirmed that the Vietnam Ethnic Culture Festival not only has the meaning of a cultural event, but more importantly, it is also an opportunity for cultural subjects, artisans, actors, and mass athletes of all ethnic groups to participate in exchanges, share experiences, introduce the beauty of their own culture, and spread the pride and sense of responsibility of each person and each community in preserving and promoting the traditional cultural values ​​of ethnic minorities in the period of national integration and development.

Performances by ethnic groups from Bac Giang province.

From there, the cultural achievements built through many generations are continued, passed on, and cultivated, becoming more profound and rich. That is also a strong testament to the spirit of great solidarity, indomitable will, and aspiration to rise of the ethnic groups, creating a premise and a solid foundation for the ethnic groups to work harder together with the whole country in the new era - the era of rising up of the Vietnamese people. Comrade Trinh Thi Thuy said that in order to practically implement the goals and tasks of developing Vietnamese culture and people in the spirit of the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress, in recent times, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has proactively and actively coordinated with ministries, branches, and localities to carry out many activities and programs to preserve and promote the cultural values ​​of ethnic groups. The organization of the Festival of Vietnamese Ethnic Cultures in Quang Tri province is a concrete demonstration in the implementation of the viewpoints, tasks, and resolutions set forth by the Party.

Vice Chairman of Quang Tri Provincial People's Committee Hoang Nam delivered a welcome speech at the opening ceremony.

Speaking at the festival, Vice Chairman of the Quang Tri Provincial People's Committee Hoang Nam expressed his gratitude to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, ministries, central agencies and provinces participating in the festival for their support and creating favorable conditions for Quang Tri province to host the festival. This is also an opportunity for Quang Tri province to promote and introduce cultural tourism products of the land and people to domestic and foreign friends and tourists, linking the work of preserving, conserving and promoting the value of cultural heritage with sustainable tourism development. Quang Tri is a convergence of the Van Kieu and Ta Oi ethnic minorities, accounting for about 14% of the province's population. During the development process, the ethnic minorities in Quang Tri have formed their own cultural identities that also bear the common characteristics of the Vietnamese ethnic community. The Van Kieu and Ta Oi people in Quang Tri are honored to bear Uncle Ho's surname. The unique values ​​of teaching, making and using musical instruments in labor include folk songs, folk dances, folk music such as caloi, chachap, oat, xanot, Arieuping festival... These unique cultural identities have become standard lifestyles, good values ​​that are preserved and passed down from generation to generation by the people.

Dance performance of the Cor ethnic group from Quang Ngai.

The festival has the theme "Preserving and promoting the cultural identity of Vietnamese ethnic groups, equality, solidarity, respect, integration and development for a peaceful world" and the participation of artisans, actors, and athletes of ethnic groups - cultural subjects from many regions of the country. The festival has many activities with rich and unique content such as: mass art festival; performance of traditional costumes of ethnic groups; performance, introduction of festival excerpts, cultural rituals; exhibition, introduction and promotion of local traditional culture; exhibition, processing and introduction of culinary arts; sports activities and folk games; tourism promotion activities and many other attractive activities contributing to introducing, promoting and spreading the traditional cultural values ​​of Vietnamese ethnic groups to people across the country and international friends.

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