Much-awaited special performances of walking on stilts in the rain by artists from Belgium’s Namur City brought a bustling, joyful and colorful atmosphere to the streets of Hue.
The central coastal province of Quang Ngai has just decided to promulgate a project for the conservation and promotion of the folk art form of Bai choi singing on February 15.
For nearly a month, 3,000 people including actors, artists, artisans and Thai ethnic people wrapped up in preliminary rehearsals at Nghia Lo High School, Nghia Lo Stadium and indoor sports stadium in the Northern mountainous province of Yen Bai to prepare for special performances at a ceremony to honor the Xoe dance of the Thai ethnic people which has been listed as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as well as an opening ceremony of Muong Lo tourism-culture week and the festival to discover the national landscape of Mu Cang Chai terraced fields.
A ceremony was held in the northern province of Tuyen Quang on September 3 night to receive a UNESCO certificate accrediting Practices of Then by Tay, Nung and Thai ethnic minority groups in Vietnam as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity.
The culture, sports and tourism sector has made a number of important achievements in 2019, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said at a regular press conference on January 3.
A ceremony receiving UNESCO certificate of recognition for ‘Bai choi’ singing as part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity was held at the Nguyen Tat Thanh Square in Quy Nhon City, in the central coastal province of Binh Dinh on May 5.
Bai Choi singing, a folk music genre practised in Vietnam’s central region, has been added to the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, according to the Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.