Officially recognized Gióng Festival as an intangible cultural heritage

The Gióng Festival at Phù Đổng Temple and Sóc Temple is the third heritage of Hanoi city to be recognized by UNESCO in 2010.

At 6:20 p.m. (local time), or 10:20 p.m. on November 16, in Nairobi (Kenya's capital), during the 5th session of the Intergovernmental Committee under the 2003 UNESCO Convention, the Gióng Festival at Phù Đổng Temple and Sóc Temple in Vietnam was officially recognized as a Representative Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Giong Festival in Phu Dong commune, Gia Lam district, Hanoi. Photo: VNA

Thus, together with the 82 Doctoral Steles in the Temple of Literature recognized as Documentary Heritage under the Memory of the World Program; the Central Relic Site of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long recognized as a World Cultural Heritage, the Gióng Festival in Phù Đổng Temple and Sóc Temple is the third heritage of Hanoi honored by UNESCO in 2010. This is good news for the people of Hanoi in particular and the whole country in general on the occasion of the Great Anniversary of Thang Long - Hanoi turning 1000 years old.

It is known that previously, implementing the direction of the Prime Minister and the National Steering Committee for the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long, the Hanoi People's Committee coordinated with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO to build a dossier on the Gióng Festival at Phù Đổng Temple and Sóc Temple to submit to UNESCO for consideration of including this intangible cultural heritage in the List of Representative Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Of the 46 heritages recognized this year by 29 member countries, 6 are traditional handicrafts; 12 are festivals; 6 are folk knowledge; 20 are performing arts; and 3 are folk cuisine.

According to VOV