Cultural colours of Lac Son district
Lac Son district, an ancient
land also called Muong Vang is one of four major areas of Muong people in Hoa
Binh province. There are nearly 140.000 people living in the region, of
which 90 percent belongs to Muong ethnic minority group. Living standard of
local people has improved a lot, many big houses are built in the township,
modern transports such as motorbikes, cars and internet access are available
in all villages. However most people in Lac Son still live in the wooden
house as hundreds of years ago, since the wood in the forest is limited
people built concrete pillars and make stilt house in new style, spacious,
clean and beautiful and still keep the traditional definition.
After days of hard labor on rice fields, people of Muong Vang converge on
the center of culture and organize cultural activities, the sounds of Gong
go up in combination with folk songs and gentle dances of mothers and
sisters, make the village feel like in a festival. Mr Bui Thien Van,
bachelor of culture, head of the Muong Vang cultural center said "Lac Son is
the only district in Hoa Binh province establish a culture center in 1999,
The Muong Vang centre was born to gather folk artists, discover and nourish
young talents and promote cultural and art activities in the villages of the
region, help promote tourism in the area and province, since it's
establishment, Muong Vang centre has attracted many people. In addition to
regular collective activities on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Sundays, members
of the centre organized mobile propaganda movements in the densely populated
areas in the province such as markets, parks and gardens with diversified
contents like building cultural village, cultural family, demonstrating
examples of good people - good work on the prevention of evils in the
society"
Hoa Binh is a mountainous province, located 70 km from capital city
Hanoi, Hoa Binh is inhabited by some ethnic groups White and Black Thai people in
Mai Chau, Hmong, Muong peoples... For a long time Mai Chau is an attractive
destination for travellers to
Vietnam and are interested in culture
and eco tourism, other travel activities such as homestay in village,
trekking trips are very popular with active travellers.
In the coming time, Lac Son district continues to work out well
socialization activities, mobilize investment resources for the construction
and development of culture, literary, artistic, raising the quality of life
and helps shape orientation for young generations of Muong Vang.