Food safety and hygiene management is needed at Pu Nha Thau Festival.

On March 12, within the framework of the survey program on the management and organization of festivals in Nghe An, the Department of Culture and Society, Nghe An Provincial People's Council visited the Pu Nha Thau Festival in Huu Kiem Commune, Ky Son District.

The festival part of Pu Nha Thau Festival attracts many participants. Photo: Phuong Thuy

Pu Nha Thau Temple is a place to worship the Mother Goddess of the Mountains and Doan Nhu Hai - who has contributed to the people and the country. Pu Nha Thau Festival has been held once a year since 2009.

Through the survey, the delegation noted and highly appreciated the organization and management of the Pu Nha Thau Festival of Ky Son district in the past 2 days with many advantages such as: organizing the solemn ritual part, with traditional character, educational significance, economical, and not prolonged.

The festival is suitable to the scale and nature of the festival; security, order and environmental sanitation are ensured; the community is mobilized to participate, not commercial or superstitious; activities are rich in national cultural identity...

The delegation surveyed the Pu Nha Thau festival. Photo: Phuong Thuy

However, the organization and management of Pu Nha Thau Festival still has some shortcomings and limitations. Ms. Nguyen Thi Lan - Deputy Head of the Department of Culture - Society, Provincial People's Council, Head of the working group noted: "For the ceremony, the Organizing Committee needs to pay more attention to fire prevention and fighting to ensure safety when burning incense."

"In addition, service activities need to be managed and planned by region, such as culinary areas that must be clearly classified to avoid the situation of goods being rampant and not ensuring food hygiene and safety," Ms. Lan emphasized.

In particular, the Health Center needs to coordinate with the commune to check the quality of food input. Because cuisine is an indispensable part of the festival.

Food stalls at the Festival. Photo by Phuong Thuy

The survey team also suggested that it is necessary to strictly manage parking fee collection points spontaneously by people, to avoid charging higher fees than the state regulations; to upgrade the drainage system to serve the needs of community activities at the festival...

During the working session, leaders of the District People's Committee, the Festival Organizing Committee, and leaders of the People's Committee of Huu Kiem commune received the survey team's suggestions and presented some problems and difficulties in the process of managing and organizing the festival.