customs of ethnic minority groups is an effective and necessary move for
conserving and promoting Vietnamese cultural identities.
This
view was shared by cultural researchers and managers at a seminar in
Hanoi on Nov. 24, reviewing the implementation of the national target
programme on preserving traditional villages of ethnic minority groups
over the past ten years.
The programme has been carried out in 20
villages of the ethnic minority groups of S’Tieng, Cham, Bana, K’Ho,
M’nong, Ede, Van Kieu, Kho Mu, Muong, Thai, H’Mong, Lo Lo, Tay, Dzao,
and Khmer, in 20 provinces nationwide.
It has assisted ethnic
minority people in the target localities to protect traditional
architectural features of their communal meeting halls and their homes,
as well as preserving intangible cultural values, including their own
festivals, folk songs and dances, traditional costumes and handicrafts.
Authentic
customs and practices the target ethnic minority groups have tried to
preserve have been collected, performed and introduced to the public
through cultural exchange activities held in the framework of the
programme.
In addition, the programme has facilitated the
effective implementation of the Party and State’s ethnic policies,
especially policies pertaining to poverty reduction, education,
healthcare, family planning and childcare.
Economically, the
ethnic minority beneficiaries have learnt to make profits from their own
cultural and tourism products, farm produce and traditional handicraft
items, to further improve their material life.
The seminar
participants agreed that the preservation of ethnic minority villages
has greatly contributed to raising the awareness of branches, sectors
and even ethnic people on the position and significance of conserving
and promoting the unique values of ethnic cultures.
The work has
also helped create new cultural values, with culture becoming a
spiritual goal and a driving force of ethnic minority people in the
course of boosting their social development.
The preservation of
ethnic minority villages has provided a new model, along with
experiences for the State management agencies to better their
organisation of preservation and promotion of traditional cultures at
the grassroots level to help ethnic minority-inhabited areas develop in a
sustainable manner, seminar participants agreed./.
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