Increase the educational significance and solemnity of festival activities

The Provincial People's Council survey delegation worked with the People's Committee of Phuc Thanh commune (Yen Thanh). Photo: Hoai Thu

Ms. Nguyen Thi Lan - Deputy Head of the Culture and Social Committee of the Provincial People's Council led the delegation. Also accompanying were representatives of the People's Council, People's Committee and some departments and branches of Yen Thanh district.

Through a field survey on the afternoon of March 16 at Duc Hoang Temple Festival and working with the People's Committee of Phuc Thanh Commune, the survey team raised a number of issues surrounding the organization of Duc Hoang Temple Festival to relevant organizations and units.

Duc Hoang Temple Festival is a district-level festival, organized by the District People's Committee every 3 years, and organized by the Phuc Thanh Commune People's Committee in other years.

Boat racing at Duc Hoang Temple Festival, Phuc Thanh Commune, Yen Thanh. Photo: Hoai Thu

Through a survey of the actual ceremony and festival taking place on the afternoon of March 16, it was found that the work of assigning, preparing and operating the activities at the festival was thoughtful and had a rich content. However, due to the unscientific planning and organization of games, services and stalls at the festival, it caused chaos and disorder.

The festival is somewhat mixed with other modern games and services, so it has not yet fully promoted the educational and spiritual values ​​of the festival.

Speaking at the meeting, Mr. Hoang Danh Truyen - Vice Chairman of the District People's Committee said that Yen Thanh has 3 district-level festivals; including Duc Hoang Temple Festival. In addition, there are 20 other festivals taking place annually in the district. Every year, the District People's Committee as well as relevant levels and sectors have directed the preparation and organization of the festival quite carefully, and no unusual incidents have occurred in any year. Besides, there are still limitations and difficulties because Duc Hoang Temple is quite far from the district center, traffic is not convenient, and local products for the festival are not available.

The representative of the People's Committee of Phuc Thanh commune said that every year, the festival organizing committee regularly draws experience and makes efforts to coordinate with functional departments to turn the Duc Hoang Temple Festival into an intangible cultural heritage, preserving national cultural identities; requesting the Provincial People's Committee and the Department of Culture and Sports to have more specific instructions and regulations for the organization and management of traditional festivals; speeding up the progress of the project to restore and embellish the Duc Hoang Temple relic that was approved in 2010.

The meeting also discussed issues related to food safety and hygiene management, fire prevention, management of business and service booths, spiritual activities, ceremonies and festivals... The survey team requested the organizing committee of Duc Hoang Temple Festival to strengthen propaganda work on the role and significance of Duc Hoang Temple Festival and festivals in Yen Thanh district; reasonably arrange service and game areas; arrange parking lots and manage safe parking services, in accordance with regulations... towards increasingly perfecting and increasing the educational significance and solemnity of Duc Hoang Temple Festival, meeting the cultural enjoyment needs of the people.