Doan Hung mountainous district currently has 25 prestigious people among ethnic minorities. Although the number of prestigious people is not as large as some other mountainous districts in the province, the district's prestigious people always affirm their role in connecting the ethnic minority community with the local government; at the same time, they are typical examples in preserving the traditional cultural values of the nation. These are people who understand the cultural traditions of the nation, day and night thinking about ways to preserve the traditional cultural identity for future generations.
Mr. Au Duc Hoi teaches the young generation in the locality how to cut paper to paste during the Chi Dit festival.
Realizing that national cultural identity is the most lasting spiritual value, the source of pride for each ethnic group, for many years, Mr. Ly Cao Thai - a prestigious person in Zone 3, Chan Mong Commune has actively encouraged families in the clan and local people to preserve the good cultural identity of their ancestors. Mr. Ly Cao Thai said: To do a good job of preserving and promoting the cultural identity of ethnic groups in the area, prestigious people not only take the lead in implementing, but also actively propagate, mobilize, and persuade people to maintain and promote the good traditional cultural values of their Cao Lan ethnic group. Implement well the village and hamlet conventions, gradually eliminate backward customs, superstitions, and heresies... that affect the overall development of the community.
It is known that Mr. Ly Cao Thai has spent a lot of time and passion to preserve traditional customs and teach culture to the young generation of Cao Lan people. Thanks to that, in recent years, customs, songs, dances, and musical instruments with unique cultural nuances of the Cao Lan people such as: Chi Dit ceremony, throwing con, tug of war, crossbow shooting, Sinh ca singing, Veo ca, bird dance, shrimp scooping... have been maintained and developed by the people in the commune.
Chan Mong commune currently has 11 prestigious people with many components, from village elders, ward chiefs, ward party cell secretaries to clan leaders, veterans, retired cadres, good producers... This is also the commune with the most prestigious people in the district. In addition to taking the lead and mobilizing people to actively develop the economy, promoting the transformation of crops and livestock with high economic value, the preservation and promotion of national cultural identity is also emphasized by prestigious people to propagate and mobilize people to implement.
Ancient dances of the Cao Lan ethnic group in Chan Mong commune are maintained and performed in festivals.
Faced with the strong trend of exchange and integration, the number of artisans and prestigious people in the community is gradually decreasing without a successor. Some traditional cultural beauties of ethnic minorities are facing the risk of being lost. With his understanding of the traditions and cultural identity of his people, Mr. Au Duc Hoi in Ngoc Tan village, zone 13, Ngoc Quan commune, together with the village elders in the conservation area, has preserved the cultural forms and customs of the Cao Lan ethnic group to record and pass them on to the younger generation... With his prestige and voice, Mr. Hoi not only propagates and mobilizes people to comply with the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's policies and laws, actively develops the economy, eliminates hunger and reduces poverty, promotes the Movement "All people unite to build a cultural life", gradually pushing back social evils and backward customs, instead maintaining and developing the cultural values of his people. With the efforts of prestigious people like Mr. Hoi and local authorities, for many years, Zone 13 has always maintained over 90% of households achieving the title of cultural family; the rate of poor households has decreased to 17 households, and the rate of near-poor households has decreased to 12 households.
Over the years, prestigious people in Doan Hung district have always taken the lead and played a key role in preserving and promoting the national cultural identity; building the grassroots political system and the great national unity bloc. Thanks to the good propaganda and mobilization work of the prestigious people, ethnic minorities in the district are increasingly aware of the value of traditional national cultural identity. People have known how to preserve and promote the values of tangible and intangible cultural heritage in the community. At the same time, they have actively participated in restoring traditional cultural values, recreating rituals imbued with the cultural identity of the nation. Promoting good values in behavior, building a new cultural lifestyle.
Comrade Tran Tuan Anh - Chairman of the District Fatherland Front Committee said: “In the coming time, together with the participation of the entire political system, Doan Hung district will continue to promote the role of village elders, clan leaders, and prestigious people to preserve, maintain and promote the traditional cultural values of ethnic groups. Respect and do a good job of preserving the cultural heritage of ethnic groups through statistics and records of cultural heritage; encourage and create conditions for organizations and individuals to conduct in-depth research, preserve, teach and introduce intangible and tangible cultural heritage; protect unique traditional cultural values, prevent the risk of fading, distortion or loss”.
Thu Giang
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