The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has just issued Decision No. 546/QD-BVHTTDL recognizing the traditional festival of Nhat Tan communal house, Tay Ho district, Hanoi as a national intangible cultural heritage. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism requests the Chairmen of People's Committees at all levels where intangible cultural heritages are included in the list, within the scope of their tasks and powers, to carry out State management in accordance with the provisions of the law on cultural heritage.

Playing human chess at Nhat Tan communal house festival, Tay Ho district. Photo: Tay Ho district Culture, Sports and Tourism Center

Nhat Tan Communal House worships Duc Thanh Uy Do Dai Vuong Tran Linh Lang (Uy Linh Lang), the son of Queen Minh Duc. Uy Linh Lang is famous for his intelligence, both literary and martial, and is known far and wide. To commemorate Uy Linh Lang's contributions, the people of Nhat Tan village hold a ceremony on the 10th day of the 2nd lunar month every year. The traditional festival of Nhat Tan Communal House is a profound cultural beauty associated with Vietnamese folk culture.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism also issued Decision No. 547/QD-BVHTTDL recognizing the traditional Chroi Rum Chek Festival (Phuoc Bien Festival) of the Khmer people in Vinh Chau town, Soc Trang province as a national intangible cultural heritage.

Phuoc Bien Festival is a folk festival of the Khmer people in Vinh Chau town that has been around for over 300 years, with the meaning of praying for national peace and prosperity, favorable weather, and commemorating the merits of the ancestors who reclaimed and established the land.

Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Dao Cuong presented the Certificate of recognition of Nhat Tan Communal House Festival as a national intangible cultural heritage to the leaders and people of Nhat Tan ward. Photo: Ngoc Tu

Phuoc Bien Festival is a long-standing form of spiritual and cultural activity, becoming an important traditional cultural heritage in the lives of ethnic communities in the area.

Along with the Nhat Tan Communal House Traditional Festival, receiving the Chroi Rum Chek Traditional Festival, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has just issued Decision No. 548/QD-BVHTTDL recognizing the folk knowledge of growing and processing Dak Lak coffee in the list of national intangible cultural heritage.

Coffee growing and processing knowledge is identified in almost all districts in Dak Lak province, mainly concentrated in Buon Ma Thuot city and the districts of Cu M'gar, Krong Pac, Ea H'leo, Cu Kuin, and Buon Ho town. The cultural subjects of coffee growing and processing knowledge are individuals and families who hold coffee growing and processing knowledge that has been passed down through generations, continuously inherited, created, and developed over time.

Currently, Dak Lak province has about 210,000 hectares of coffee growing area and an annual output of more than 520,000 tons, accounting for more than 30% of the country's coffee output. Up to now, Dak Lak province's coffee products have been exported to more than 70 countries and territories around the world.

2024 is a year of many milestones in the field of Vietnamese cultural heritage. Accordingly, Vietnam has two more heritages recognized by UNESCO: the reliefs on nine bronze cauldrons in the Hue Imperial Palace were included in the List of Documentary Heritage of the Asia-Pacific region and the Festival of Ba Chua Xu in Sam Mountain (An Giang) was included in the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Along with that, in 2024, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism added 86 intangible cultural heritages to the National Intangible Cultural Heritage List, thereby increasing the total number of national intangible cultural heritages in the country to 620.

Source: https://kinhtedothi.vn/bo-vhttdl-ghi-danh-them-3-di-san-van-hoa-phi-vat-the-quoc-gia.html