The Central Nghe An provincial People’s Committee has decided to invest 87.5 billion VND in the preservation and promotion of the cultures of ethnic minority groups.
38.2 will be used to preserve intangible culture such as folk literature, music, dances and folk games of Thai, Mong, Kho Mu, O Du and Tho ethnic groups, script from the Thai and Mong ethnic groups, and the language of the O Du ethnic group.
The rest will be invested in the preservation of tangible cultural heritage, including the architecture of the stilt-houses of Thai and O Du ethnic groups, clothes worn by the Thai, Mong, O Du, Tho and Kho Mu ethnic groups, and brocade products.
The project starts in September, 2007 and is scheduled to be completed by 2010.
Over the past year, the province has passed many policies to preserve and develop the culture of ethnic groups such as encouraging organizations and families of ethnic groups to present cultural objects to provincial museum and cultural centers in mountainous districts.
The province has also encouraged communities and families of Thai, Tho, Khmo, O Du and Mong ethnic groups to restore, preserve and promote their own specific cultures, organize competitions to create folk songs, and popularize the writings of Mong and Thai ethnic groups in primary and secondary schools in Mong and Thai ethnic-inhabited areas.
