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Week highlights great national unity, Vietnam’s cultural heritage

A week themed “Great National Unity – Vietnam’s Cultural Heritage” kicked off at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hanoi on November 18.
Week highlights great national unity, Vietnam’s cultural heritage ảnh 1A highlight of the “Great National Unity – Vietnam’s Cultural Heritage” Week is the re-enactment of the culture of Cai Rang floating market (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – A week themed “Great NationalUnity – Vietnam’s Cultural Heritage” kicked off at the Vietnam National Villagefor Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hanoi on November 18.

The annual week aims to honour cultural heritageof Vietnam’s ethnic groups and help enhance the great national unity bloc. Itmarks the founding anniversary of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (November 18,1930) and the Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day (November 23).

This year’s event draws the participation ofnearly 200 people from 13 ethnic groups, namely Tay, Dao, Mong, Muong, Thai,Kho Mu, Ta Oi, Co Tu, E De, Khmer, Cham, Kinh and Raglai, along with localtourism associations and travel companies.

A highlight of the week, which lasts untilNovember 23, is the re-enactment of the culture of Cai Rang floating market,which is part of national intangible cultural heritage. Cai Rang, one of thethree biggest floating markets in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, specializesin trading fruit and specialties of the Mekong Delta region.

The re-enactment of Cai Rang market’s culturewill include performances of the art of “Don ca tai tu” music and song, namedin UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Various activities will be held as part of theweek such as ethnic groups’ exchanges, a workshop on developing the VietnamNational Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism, and the inauguration of phaseI of Phap An Pagoda in the village.

At the opening ceremony, Chairman of the VietnamFatherland Front Central Committee Tran Thanh Man said the great national unitybloc is always the most important and strongest resource for the whole Party,people and army to weather every difficulty and challenge to succeed in reformand national development.

Great unity is also one of the most preciouscultural values of the Vietnamese people, he noted, calling on people from allsocial strata to join hands to bring into play the strength of the greatnational unity bloc.-VNA
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