Celebrating Vietnamese Ethnic Culture Day
On the evening of April 19, at the Square of Ethnic Villages 2, Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism, Dong Mo, Hanoi, an art program took place to celebrate the Vietnam Ethnic Culture Day (April 19) and the Vietnamese Family Year 2013.
A performance in the "Country - Origin" art program to celebrate the Vietnamese Ethnic Culture Day. Photo: cand.com.vn
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Tong Thi Phong, Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Pham Quang Nghi attended the festival with 150 compatriots representing 54 ethnic groups across the country.
The art program "Country - Origin" is the highlight of the Vietnam Ethnic Culture Day with the participation of hundreds of actors from the Ba Ria-Vung Tau Song and Dance Troupe, the Vietnam Folk Song and Dance Theatre, the Cao Van Lau Cai Luong Troupe (Bac Lieu)... The art performances clearly expressed the cultural values of the ethnic groups, harmoniously combining sound and light, bringing impressive and unforgettable moments.
The opening performance, titled “Remembering Our Homeland”, rekindled the 4,000-year tradition of building and defending the country. Images of bronze drums, cranes, banh chung (square glutinous rice cakes), banh giay (rice cakes), and the heroic soldiers of Au Lac were recreated in solemn music, creating a space imbued with traditional colors, carrying the proud spirit of building and defending the country from the Van Lang period.
The "Country Patterns" performances recreate the unique cultural features of Vietnamese ethnic groups, through songs, dances, and original customs and practices, creating diverse and rich colors.
The grand picture of the great national unity of Vietnam is recreated through a series of performances bearing the unique mark of each ethnic group. Like going on a tour across the country, the songs: “Non song gam mat”, “Hay xoe cung em”... take the audience to admire the revolutionary historical heritages, the white ban flowers blooming all over the mountains and forests of the Northwest, the festival nights, xoe hoops, the sound of the Khen... the stilt houses hidden on the rocky plateau, under the terraced fields...
Coming to the ethnic groups in the Central Coast are fan dances, conical hat dances, scarf dances... in harmony with the sounds of Ghi-nang drums, Paranung drums, and the jubilant Saranai trumpets in the Kate festival of the Cham people; through the space of gong culture of the Central Highlands with dances and flickering fires around the pole under the stilt houses of the Choro ethnic group.
Going down to the South, the traditional singing performances “Ve mien Tay”, “Da co Hoai Lang”... help the audience understand more about the cultural exchanges of the Kinh, Hoa, Cham, Khmer ethnic groups in their daily life on the river, the long rivers, boats full of fruits, rice traded back and forth, the fluttering flaps of Ba Ba dresses, clusters of water hyacinth floating on the river... sitting together every night listening to the beautiful, delicate, soaring melodies of the affectionate vọng cổ verses with the sound of the đàn kim, the rhythm of the song loan...
Speaking at the ceremony, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh stated: Exactly 5 years ago, the Prime Minister decided to choose April 19 every year as "Vietnam Ethnic Culture Day" to honor the cultural values of 54 ethnic groups and strengthen the strength of national solidarity.
Over the past 5 years, through many practical and meaningful activities and actions in cultural preservation and exchange, economic development associated with hunger eradication, poverty reduction, and environmental protection, the Vietnamese Ethnic Culture Day has gradually spread and permeated the Vietnamese ethnic community, continuing to affirm the vitality and longevity of Vietnamese ethnic culture.
According to (Chinhphu.vn) - LT