Viet Nam Human Rights
Preservation of ethnic minorities’ culture
18/12/18
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| Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Tong Thi Phong speaks at the event. |
According to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the preservation and promotion of ethnic minorities’ culture have helped enhance the patriotism and national pride among the public while strengthening the great national unity bloc.
More than 80 traditional festivals of ethnic groups like the Muong, Thai, Tay, Co Tu, Mong, Nung, Dao, Ba Na, Chut and Khmer have been revitalised. Over 30 villages of 25 minorities have been assisted to uphold their traditional cultural heritage such as festivals, folk songs and dances, costumes, crafts and customs.
At the workshop, participants said the preservation and promotion of ethnic minorities’ culture are an increasingly urgent task in the face of foreign culture, rapid urbanisation, and heritage commercialisation.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said it takes each ethnic community thousands of years to form their cultural identities. Therefore, cultural preservation and promotion need strategic visions and patience.
The State not only supports cultural heritage conservation activities but also creates a favourable environment for each citizen, each community and the whole society to join in this work, he added.
Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Tong Thi Phong said protecting and bringing into play ethnic groups’ cultural identities are not the responsibility of a single group but the task of the entire political system and all people.
She asked the Government to overhaul legal documents on policies, including those on cultural preservation, for ethnic minorities, particularly the groups with small population in border, insular and resettlement areas, to encourage them to uphold beautiful cultural values and give up outdated practices.
The official also called for more manpower training in the work and policies encouraging the transfer of cultural heritage to younger generations.
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This is an urgent task for not only Vietnamese Government, but also all Governments and international organizations
Vietnam is a multi-nationality country with 54 ethnic groups.
Beliefs and religions of the Vietnamese ethnic minority groups were also disparate from each other
The Vietnamese government has worked out specific policies and special treatments in order to help mountainous people catching up with lowland people, and made great efforts to develop and preserve traditional cultural identities of each ethnic minority group.
Through the shared struggle for defending and building of the country and the mutual assistance for co-existence and development, a common community between the Viet people and other ethnic minority peoples had been established and continuously consolidated and developed.
many ethnic groups are relatively easy to recognise, having maintained their unique languages, culture, lifestyle and particularly traditional, colourful styles of dress.
Their diversity is perhaps most pronounced in the Northern Highlands
I believe the best way to protect ethnic groups is to promote them outside their community, to create a sense of pride and make them realise the value of their heritage
ethnic groups are found everywhere in Vietnam
I was really impressed with their traditional dresses
In the context of international integration, cultural exchanges and tourism development, preserving and promoting traditional festivals of ethnic minority groups is of great importance.
Much effort has been made to promote ethnic cultures to attract more tourists.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has begun a project to preserve and promote the culture of Vietnamese ethnic minority groups until 2020.
Many cultural exchanges have been held from the central to the grassroots level.
These activities have created opportunities for people of different ethnic minority groups to exchange and become aware of the need to preserve their traditional culture.
Local authorities and the cultural sector have promoted tours of traditional festivals thus generating resources for economic development and promoting tradition and culture among ethnic minority people.
Thanks to enhancing the cultural identity of ethnic minority groups, our traditional brocade weaving craft has been restored.
It’s important to mobilize the community to preserve and promote their traditional culture
Due to social changes, people’s demands for culture have also changed. So we need to work out appropriate measures to preserve and promote our traditional culture.
The cultural sector has paid special attention to the preservation and promotion of the culture of ethnic minority groups. These efforts will contribute to enriching an advanced Vietnamese culture embracing national identity.
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