Characteristics of cultural spaces

Elitist artist Chu Thị Hồng Vân shared that birthday celebrations are usually reserved for those who have grandparents, grandchildren and great-grandfathers.

Coming to the competition with the aim of spreading their love for folk music, the Bac Ninh group performed smooth and passionate dances by their brothers and sisters. The love of their judges was imbued in each verse of the song and spread in the heart of every Bac Ninh child.

Ms. Dao Thuy Mien - Vice Chairman of the Peking delegation said, 20 artists have actively trained and performed at the competition to affirm that people from Peking are being preserved and developed strongly to be worthy of representative intangible cultural heritage of humanity recognized by UNESCO.

The performance of traditional rituals also includes performances of special ceremonies such as: the traditional wedding ceremony of Chăm Islam in An Giang province; the new rice feast of the Ê Đê people in Dak Lak province; the Thai food and drink festival in Dien Bien Province; the house gifting ceremony of Gia Rai, Bahnar in Gia Lai province; the New Rice Festival of Sestiêng ethnic community in Binh Phuoc province. . All ceremonies are richly colored with spirituality, reflecting life's spiritual riches, high aesthetics with dancing movements, folk songs transmitted from many generations of peoples.

People's artist Phạm Thị Tắng from Lỏ village, Cao Ngọc commune, Ngọc Lặc district (Thanh Hóa) came to the competition together with other artists to recreate Poồn Pông Festival (Flower Playing Festival).

The Ming Spring Festival is celebrated annually in the months of January, March and July with hopes for a bountiful harvest, warm life and happiness.

Although she is 80 years old, Ms. Tang still remembers fully the details of the art form Pu-Pong with 48 games, special performances and became hostess of the flower festival in Cao Goi society.

Spreading the Love of a Heritage

For the K'ho S'rê people in Lim Dong province, a new rice festival is usually held after harvesting, around December to January of the following year, wishing that the grain god would give everyone and every family clothing, more prosperity and warmth. The village elders share, to this day, the festival is still preserved, with a sense of community cohesion. We are always proud of our nation's cultural traditions and hope through the Festival, the heritage values we preserve will be cherished by our fellow countrymen.

Anh Diêu Thiêng, from the Binh Phuoc unit, shared: Coming to this year's competition, the delegation brought the distinctive characteristics of fellow STiêng people in Binh Phước province to blend into the multi-colored picture of Vietnamese ethnicities.

We are very happy to be able to contribute to the cultural and artistic activities of the competition. The happiest thing is that by participating in the contest, we feel better about the differences in our people's culture compared to other ethnic communities. Coming to the competition, I like to blend myself here, to feel more clearly myself, to see the uniqueness of my people, of brotherly national communities, to see diversity, richness of our nation's cultural identity, said Brother Diêu Thiêng.

Each festival, national and local competitions created a diverse cultural space rich in identity and left many beautiful impressions on the audience.

Nguyen Thi Hoang (TP Quảng Ngãi) said: When I learned about this competition, I came and enjoyed watching the performance of ethnic rituals. It gave me more opportunities to experience and have a better understanding of the colors of Vietnamese national ceremonies.