The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has just issued a decision approving the Project to preserve and promote the value of the Xuong Ly Dam Fishing Festival (Quy Nhon Dong Ward, Gia Lai Province) associated with tourism development and new rural construction.
Accordingly, the Xuong Ly lagoon fishing festival of fishermen in Gia Lai province and the Kate festival of Cham people in Khanh Hoa province were selected by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to preserve and promote their values, serving tourism development associated with new rural construction.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism assigned the Department of Cultural Heritage to preside over and coordinate with the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Gia Lai and Khanh Hoa provinces and relevant agencies and units to implement this Project.
The Xuong Ly Van Dam Fishing Festival is associated with the whale worshiping belief of the local people, not only praying for favorable weather and a full hold of fish and shrimp, but also expressing the spirit of solidarity and community connection through many generations.
With a history of more than 200 years, this festival has witnessed and accompanied the ups and downs of Nhon Ly land (now Quy Nhon Dong ward) from the early days of Truong Lang's formation in 1815, until it was officially held at Vung Nom (Xuong Ly lagoon) in 1839. After many restorations and reconstructions, especially after 2014, the Van Dam Xuong Ly Fishing Festival has been increasingly fully restored, becoming a typical cultural beauty of the old Binh Dinh province.
The festival is large-scale and closely related to the local fishing industry. Every year, the official festival takes place for three days, from January 9-11. Nowadays, the festival has been extended, with many folk activities and art performances such as Hat Boi, Bai Choi and folk cockfighting.
With its unique cultural values, the Van Dam Xuong Ly Fishing Festival was listed in the National Intangible Cultural Heritage List by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in Decision No. 3994/QD-BVHTTDL dated December 10, 2024.
As an artisan in the practice and teaching of the traditional festival rituals of Van Dam Xuong Ly, Artisan Nguyen Kim Chuc shared that he will strive, work, and be creative to preserve, spread, and promote the heritage of the Van Dam Xuong Ly Fishing Festival so that this festival will always have a sustainable vitality and spread more and more, contributing to promoting the beauty of coastal cultural activities of fishermen in Nhon Ly Village.
Preserving and promoting specific and detailed heritage values such as strengthening the connection of festivals with tourism, building attractive cultural tourism products, and widely introducing the beauty of the Festival to domestic and foreign tourists not only preserves heritage but also contributes to local socio-economic development in the coming time./.
Source: https://www.vietnamplus.vn/gia-lai-bao-ton-le-hoi-cau-ngu-van-dam-xuong-ly-gan-voi-phat-trien-du-lich-post1068334.vnp
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