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Great entertainment: It's expected that the ethnic festival will help ethnic youths preserve and promote their traditional culture, which is a huge attraction for international tourists. — VNA/VNS Photo Nhat Anh |
HA NOI — A festival for young ethnic people will be held for the first time with the participation of representatives from 54 ethnic groups from across the country.
The event will take place this weekend at the Culture-Tourism Village of Vietnamese Ethnic Groups in Dong Mo Commune, Son Tay Town, Ha Noi.
With the theme "Vietnamese youth preserve and develop the traditional cultures of ethnic groups in the renewal and integration period of the country", the festival is being organised to welcome the Viet Nam Ethnic Groups Cultural Day on April 19 and respond to the Youth Year 2011, said Ho Anh Tuan, deputy minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
The event was expected to attract around 1,000 young representatives from ethnic groups nationwide.
"Through the festival, ethnic youths will be reminded of their responsibility to preserve and promote traditional culture," he said.
"We hope the occasion will attract tourists to the Culture-Tourism Village of Vietnamese Ethnic Groups to enjoy their cultural activities."
A variety of activities will take place during the festival. On Sunday, delegates will offer flowers and incense to commemorate the war martyrs and visit Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum in Ha Noi.
On the same day, a workshop on preserving and developing traditional cultural values during the renewal process will be organised with the participation of more than 100 representatives including researchers, regional authorities and young ethnic people.
This will be an opportunity for the young representatives to share their thoughts and plans to preserve the cultural values of their ethnic groups.
A movement to encourage young people from all over the country to donate objects on ethnic culture to the Culture-Tourism Village of Vietnamese Ethnic Groups will be launched at the workshop.
An art performance titled Colours of Youth – Colours of Solidarity, will be broadcast live on Viet Nam Television on Sunday.
During the two-day festival, there will be a youth camp and a variety of folk games.
The event is being organised by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee, and the National Assembly's Committee for Ethnic Affairs. — VNS