Listen and give opinions on the project to organize the 2012 Nghe An Folk Song, Ho, Vi Dam Festival
(Baonghean.vn) -On the afternoon of February 16, the Provincial People's Committee had a working session with the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and related departments and agencies to listen to and give opinions on the Project to organize the Nghe An Folk Song, Ho and Vi Dam Festival in 2012. Comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong - Member of the Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired.
Comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong spoke at the meeting.
Organizing the Nghe An Folk Song Festival aims to continue to preserve and promote the inherent values and typical values of Nghe An folk songs. Through the Festival, the image of Nghe An and Ha Tinh will be introduced and promoted to domestic and international friends. The Festival is an opportunity to recreate the folk song performance spaces of Nghe An in many places, including both original and developed folk songs, creating typical models associated with the construction of agriculture and new rural areas, nurturing generations of core folk artists in Nghe An folk song clubs; is an important preparation step to submit to UNESCO for recognition of Nghe An folk songs as intangible cultural heritage of humanity. From there, the Nghe An Folk Song Festival will be held periodically alternating between Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces. The 2012 Festival is expected to be held for 4 days from May 17 to May 20, 2012 in Vinh City; Kim Lien - Nam Dan; Tien Dien - Nghi Xuan - Ha Tinh. The opening ceremony will be broadcast live on VTV1, VTV4, VTC, NTV, HTV.
At the meeting, delegates discussed and gave suggestions for organizing the Ho, Vi, and Dam Festival.Concluding the meeting, comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong emphasized: This is a very urgent activity, expressing the aspirations and wishes of the people of Nghe An, and is an important stepping stone for Nghe An to submit to UNESCO for recognition of folk songs, ho, vi, and dam as intangible cultural heritage of humanity. Therefore, the name is unified as "Folk Song, Vi, and Dam Festival of Nghe An 2012", the project owner is the People's Committee of Nghe An province. It is agreed to organize the Festival every 3 years, in the first half of June 2012. The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism is assigned to complete the project and submit to the People's Committee of the province.
Thanh Thuy
