Hang Bua Festival with community tourism development
(Baonghean) From February 12 to 14 (ie January 21, 22, 23) at Hong Tien 2 village, Chau Tien commune (Quy Chau), the 2012 Bua cave festival will take place. This is a traditional regional festival, converging the beauty of customs, spiritual beliefs, and culture of the Thai people in Quy Chau. On this occasion, Nghe An Newspaper interviewed Mr. Vi Van Tien, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Quy Chau district about this issue.
Culinary competition at Hang Bua Festival.Photo: Tran Ngoc Lan
PV: To make the Hang Bua Festival a success, leaving a deep impression on visitors from all over, could you please tell us how preparations for the festival have been carried out?
Comrade Vi Van Tien: Before the Lunar New Year, the District People's Committee issued a plan to organize the Hang Bua Festival in 2012, established a festival organizing committee, sub-committees and assigned specific tasks to each department, branch and organization; issued regulations and rules for sports competitions, cultural and artistic exchanges during the festival; developed a detailed script for the Ceremony and Festival to ensure solemnity and promote the traditional values of the Thai people in Quy Chau. At the same time, established inspection teams to inspect cultural activities and cultural services before, during and after the festival; inspected the work of ensuring security, order and food hygiene and safety in the area; strictly prohibited all disguised gambling games. Directed the Chau Tien Commune People's Committee to organize traditional Thai food stalls to serve tourists; The Women's Union coordinated with the District Vocational Guidance and Training Center to organize booths to display and sell brocade products. The district also invested funds to install lighting systems and colored lights in the cave system; placed relic steles; signposts, built a public restroom system... to serve the Bua Cave Festival in 2012.
Reporter: Could you please tell us about the new features of this year's Bua Cave Festival?
Comrade Vi Van Tien: Starting in 1996, the Bua Cave Festival was held experimentally, and 2012 was the 16th year the festival was maintained. Like every year, the Bua Cave Festival has two main parts: the Ceremony and the Festival. The Ceremony includes activities: the Opening Ceremony, the Proclamation Ceremony, the Great Ceremony, and the Thanksgiving Ceremony to commemorate the merits of those who founded the village. The Festival includes activities: sports competitions (men's soccer, men's volleyball, crossbow shooting, tug of war, stick pushing, throwing con, walking on a bamboo stilt); culture and arts include: culinary competitions, art competitions, gong performances, carving, bamboo dancing; incense rolling competitions; brocade weaving competitions; camping competitions; Thai writing contest... This year, for the first time, the festival organized a wine culture contest including: drinking wine in weddings, in housewarming ceremonies, in festivals... with different forms of performances by shamans and Cham makers. For a district with over 80% of Thai people living, organizing a wine culture contest has practical significance in preserving and promoting the cultural lifestyle of the Thai people.
Bamboo dancing in Tham Bua Festival
This year, in addition to the above activities, the festival also welcomed artisans and delegates from districts of neighboring provinces including Tra Bong, Tay Tra (Quang Ngai); Nhu Xuan, Nhu Thanh, Thuong Xuan (Thanh Hoa) to join in the fun, organizing exchange activities between the youth of the two twinned districts Tra Bong - Quy Chau.
Reporter: To link the Bua Cave Festival with community tourism development in the 2011-2015 period, what solutions has the district had, sir?
Comrade Vi Van Tien: The tourism development goal of Quy Chau set for 2015 (taking into account 2020) is that Quy Chau will become an attractive tourist destination in the Northwest of Nghe An with complete infrastructure and unique tourism products; strive to have the proportion of trade and service economy account for 37.5% by 2015; reach 19-20 thousand tourists to Quy Chau, tourism revenue increases by an average of 21-22%/year.
Identifying the Bua Cave Festival as a "highlight" for developing community tourism in Quy Chau, the district has therefore invested in upgrading the infrastructure items serving the festival, at the same time, increasing the promotion of the Bua Cave Festival; promoting the routes and tours: Bua Cave - Tham Chang - Tham Noi - Ton That; Bua Cave - Ngan Grass Cave - Pha Xang Mountain Climbing in many forms. Promoting the construction and development of Thai cultural clubs; preserving traditional cultural values; exploiting the unique features in culinary culture; traditional products; diversifying souvenir products... Improving the quality of tourism services, service quality at accommodation establishments, restaurants... Building a friendly and safe tourism environment to make Quy Chau an attractive community tourism destination.
Reporter: Thank you!
Thanh Phuc (Implementation)
