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Hanoi preserves intangible cultural heritage

Hanoi is among localities with the richest cultural heritage in Vietnam, with 1,793 intangible cultural heritage items, including three UNESCO-recognised Intangible Cultural Heritages of Humanity, one on UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage in need of Urgent Safeguarding and one World Documentary Heritage.
Hanoi preserves intangible cultural heritage ảnh 1Cheo performance on stage (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Hanoi is among localities with the richest cultural heritage in Vietnam, with 1,793 intangible culturalheritage items, including three UNESCO-recognised Intangible Cultural Heritages ofHumanity, one on UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage in need of UrgentSafeguarding and one World Documentary Heritage.

As many of the heritages are facing the threat of falling into oblivion,the capital city is busy with activities to protect them.

Within the framework of a project on inventory andprotection of intangible cultural heritages during 2015-2016, the municipalDepartment of Culture and Sports assisted in the popularisation of “Trong quan” folk song inHat Mon commune, Phuc Tho district; Khanh Ha commune, Thuong Tin district; andPhuc Tien commune, Phu Xuyen district.

Since 2017, the department has also helped organise trainingcourses on folk performance arts in the community such as puppetry, ca tru and cheosinging, gong dances, and others.

Head of the department’s heritage management office Pham ThiLan Anh said the city has implemented a project on education of intangible cultural heritages to Hanoi’sschool students, with the involvement of the municipal People’sCommittee Office, the Department of Cultural Heritage, the Vietnam Museum of Ethnologyand the municipal Department of Education and Training.

The project has succeeded in integrating four intangible cultural heritages into physics and chemicals subjectsfor eighth and ninth graders, which are revolving lantern, water puppetry, custom ofchewing betel nuts and Bat Trang ceramics.

Hanoi also took the lead nationwide in conducting a general survey of its intangible cultural heritages, thereby determining which type should be givenpriority in conservation.  As aresult, local awareness of protecting and upholding their value has improvedconsiderably.

At present, the cityis building a plan to preserve and uphold the value of intangible culturalheritages for the 2021-2025 period, thus laying a foundation to conserve the heritages and pass them down tolater generations./. 

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