The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Dak Lak province recently held a ceremony to hand over gongs and traditional costumes to gong and art troupes of ethnic minority villages and hamlets in Da Lak province.

According to the agency, it presented a total of 13 sets of gongs and more than 250 sets of traditional clothes to districts, towns and cities this year. In particular, Buon Ho town, Cu M'gar district, and Krong Nang received 2 sets of gongs each while Krong Pac, M'Drak, Krong Bong, Krong Buk, Buon Don, Ea H'leo districts and Buon Ma Thuot city got 1 set of gongs each.

The gongs were all appraised by the artisans of the Appraisal Council of the Dak Lak Provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism before they are handed over to localities to ensure that the gongs meet standards.

The presentation of gongs and traditional costumes to local gong art troupes in Da Lak not only encourages and motivates the spirit but also raises the sense of responsibility and maintains the practice of gong cultural activities of local artisans, and gong art troupes in ethnic minority villages and hamlets, which contributes to preserving the spatial heritage of gong culture in the Central Highlands.

This activity is part of the Technical support project for preserving and promoting intangible cultural heritage in Dak Lak province funded by JBCIA (Republic of Korea) in 2023 and aims to implement Resolution No.10/2021/NQ-HDND of the People's Council of Dak Lak province on preserving and promoting gong culture in Dak Lak province in 2023.

According to statistics, since 2016 the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Dak Lak has presented 56 sets of gongs and more than 500 sets of traditional costumes to gong art troupes of villages and hamlets of ethnic minorities, thereby meeting the living and cultural enjoyment needs of the people and demonstrating the interest of agencies at all levels in preserving and promoting the value of traditional cultural identity of ethnic communities in Dak Lak.

Khanh Vy