Ministry announces 11 new national intangible cultural heritages
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has announced 11 new national intangible cultural heritages, all of which are in the northern mountainous provinces of Tuyen Quang, Dien Bien, Bac Kan, Cao Bang, and Yen Bai.
The fire dance ceremony of the Pa Then people. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Culture, Sports andTourism has ann𝓡ounced 11 new national intangible cultural heritages, all ofwhich are in the northern mountainous provinces of Tuyen Quang, Dien Bien,Ba📖c Kan, Cao Bang, and Yen Bai.
Of the newly-recognised heritages, there are four in TuyenQuang province, namely "Fire dance ceremony of the Pa Then people" (HongQuang commune, Lam Binh district); “Hong Thai communal house festival” (TanTrao commune, Son Duong district); “Knowledge about the water of the Taypeople” (Trung Ha and Ha Lang communes, Chiem Hoa district; Con Loncommune, Na Hang district; Phuc Yen commune, Lam Binh district); and “Knowledgeand practices of wet rice cultivation of Tay people” (Lang Can, Hong Quang, Khuon Ha, Thuong Lam and Phuc Yen communes, LamBinh district). Dien Bien province has four new heritages, including "Thedance art of the Lao people" (Dien Bien and Dien Bien Dong districts);“Feast of the White Hmong family lineage” (Tuan Giao, Dien Bien and Dien Bien Dong districts); “The art of making costumes of the Ha Nhipeople” (Sin Thau, Leng Su Sin, Sen Thuong and Chung Chaicommunes, Muong Nhe district) and “The blacksmithing profession of the Mongpeople”. The three other heritages are "Lullaby of the Tay"(Giao Hieu commune, Pac Nam district, Bac Kan province); “Brocade weaving ofthe Tay people” (Ngoc Dao commune, Ha Quang district, Cao Bang province), and“Khen art of the Mong people” (Mu Cang Chai, Tram Tau and VanChan districts, Yen Bai province). Notably, the "Fire dance ceremony of the Pa Then" inTuyen Quang province has been recognised as a national intangible culturalheritage for the second time. It was first recognised in 2012 as a traditionalfestival practiced by the Pa Then community in Tan Bac commune, Quang Binhdistrict, Ha Giang province./.
Vietnam is one of the first nations joining the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003 Convention), and its efforts to contribute to the preservation and promotion of such heritage over the past two decades have won recognition from the international community, as demonstrated in the country's twice election to the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
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The fire dance ceremony of the Pa Then people. (Photo: VNA) 
