A massive effort by villagers in the northern Province of Phu Tho has not only rescued the ancient form of dinh (community hall) singing, but also guided the way for similar efforts to save other parts of Vietnamese culture.
An estimated 6-7 million people are expected to turn out for this year''s
Hung Kings'' Festival, which will run from April 23-28 at Hung Vuong
Square in Viet Tri City, Phu Tho Province.
The northern province of Phu Tho last week launched its tourism website at http://dulich.phutho.gov.vn and decided to establish a tourism information and promotion centre.
Tien Giang native Vo Van Hai has made three Viet Nam maps from soil he
collected at martyrs'' ceremonies to honour the fallen at Martyrs'' Day on
July 27.
Thousands gathered in the northern province of Phu Tho yesterday for a
grand procession to honour the Hung Kings, the founders of the
Vietnamese nation.
Northern Phu Tho Province should incorporate xoan singing with the Hung Kings worship rite to better preserve it, cultural experts said yesterday at a conference in Ha Noi.
The annual pilgrim festival worshipping Hung Kings, ancestors of the
Vietnamese people, will be held between April 13-19 in the northern
province of Phu Tho.
The annual pilgrim festival worshipping Hung Kings, ancestorsof the Vietnamese people, will be held between April 13 and 19 in the northern province of Phu Tho.
A cultural event for overseas Vietnamese returning
for Tet will be held in Ha Noi on February 3, the State Committee for
Overseas Vietnamese Affairs told press this morning.
The Vietnamese people''s worshipping of Hung
kings was included on the UNESCO representative list of the intangible
cultural heritage of humanity earlier this month.
The unique custom of worshipping the Hung Kings
practised nationwide has been officially recognised as an intangible
piece of the cultural heritage of humanity by UNESCO at the seventh
session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of
Intangible Cultural Heritage in Paris yesterday.
The unique practices of worshipping Viet Nam''s Hung
kings will be one of 35 pieces of heritage that are difficult to
physically define being submitted for recognition at the seventh session
of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of
Intangible Cultural Heritage, which...
