Chau Docs Festival Vía Ba Chúa Xu: A step to Recognize UNESCO!

Chau Docs Festival Vía Ba Chúa Xu: A step to Recognize UNESCO!

Châu Đốc, An Giang, Vietnam - From May 7th to 14th, the celebrations for the festival "Lễ Hội Vía Bà Chúa Xứ Núi Sam" took place again in Châu ốc. The aim of this event is to preserve and promote the cultural heritage and customs of the region. This year, an online competition was organized by the Châu ốc city volcs committee to deepen the knowledge of the festival. With 1,165 account registrations and 1,188 participants who completed a total of 4,787 competitions, the response was great. The first award went to Duong Minh Thu, while Le Dieu Thuong and Nguyen Thi Anh Vuong took second places. In addition, 17 prizes were awarded in various categories, which also honored the oldest and the youngest participants.

Accompanying the competitions, a cultural night took place at the BA Chúa Xu Temple, which attracted numerous visitors. An exhibition that dealt with paintings and photos on the subject of the festival also contributed to the celebration and the visualization of the intangible cultural heritage. These activities were part of the comprehensive efforts to preserve and promote the cultural heritage of the region, which is to be recognized as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity, such asvietnam.vnreported.

Priority for UNESCO recognition

The Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism recently sent a document draft to the National UNESCO Commission to propose the "Lễ Hội Vía Bà Chúa Xứ Núi Sam" festival as a priority for checking through the Intergovernmental Committee in 2024. Vietnam currently has 15 intangible cultural sites recognized by UNESCO, with most of the country's central and northern regions. In the south there is only a recognized heritage: the art of ờn Ca tài tử.

A special feature of the festival is that it brings together different forms of inheritance, including traditional festivals, folk knowledge as well as social customs and practices of the ethnic groups Kinh, Hoa, Khmer and Chăm. If the festival receives UNESCO recognition, it would be the first legacy in Vietnam, which is borne by both majority and minority groups. The festival could also reflect the authentic culture of the residents of the south -wit Vietnam, which has been preserved for generations. This is fromhanoimoi.vnunderlined.

In addition, "The art of woodcut painting by đông Hồ" is proposed as a second priority for the nomination for UNESCO, which further underlined Vietnam's cultural diversity.