Thursday, June 28, 2012


Strengthening the role of the community during the festival

Onlygood combination between the government and people of the community,with the participation of new visitors make the festival more convenientand the most effective and practical contribution to the protection andpromote cultural heritage and rich diversity of ethnic communities in Vietnam.
Vietnam Festival
To conserve and promote the value of the traditional festivals are a hot issue of society. Atthe scientific conference on the theme "Festival - Recognize, value andmanagement solution" by Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism recentlyorganized place, scientists, managers discussed tomany problems to find solutions to practical, effective, contributingto the management, organization of festivals to ensure the needs andaspirations of the people, in accordance with the habits and customs butretains sharp sanctuary of the festival. Manycomments emphasized the need to further strengthen the role ofcommunities in conserving and promoting the values ​​of particularfestivals, cultural heritage in general.

Respect for community involvement

Affirmingthe ancient community is always a role is the subject of the festival,said Dr. Nguyen Van Huy, very glad that now the work culture andheritage all have common sense : Preserving and promoting cultural heritage value is the responsibility of the community first. TheConvention on heritage and intangible have confirmed the position androle of the community, encourage the country to promote the role of thesubject - community in the protection of cultural heritage.

However,according to Dr. Nguyen Van Huy, recognizing the role of the communityis important, is to decide, but in every place, community objects,qualifications and capabilities of very different communities, operatingmechanism is not the same community ... So, should continue to buildfor the mechanisms and policies to ensure community ownership of theirheritage.

Besides,cultural heritage, the preservation and promotion of cultural heritageis a specialized field with conservation methods are sensitive and thereare many concepts and new approaches, therefore, communityis home to a healthy heritage, in the right direction, they must bebased on complete information provided about the experience in heritageprotection and access to the new conception of Preservation production, thereby making conservation decisions right.

Dr.Dang Van Bai, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Cultural Heritage said thatto good management of cultural activities in the traditional rituals ofcommunity respect is needed. Todo this, management agencies need to develop cultural and educationalprograms for the cultural heritage community, and coordinate with themedia advocacy plan to disseminate knowledge to help people understand true cultural values, towards the target, right behaviors in the festival activities.

Harmonious relationship of State and community


There\'sno denying the State\'s role in the conservation of cultural heritage,especially the traditional festivals, however, Dr. Nguyen Van Huy alsosaid that State intervention too deeply into the holidays Assembly to make the festival more disoriented.

Theproblem here is how to create harmonious relationships between thestate and communities in the organization and management of the festivalto promote the best possible role of the community, no loss nature holidays, but increases are popular.

Dr.Dang Van Bai also said that from the practice shows, any managementmodel that combines close coordination between the State managementagencies with local communities, helping them understand the role ofhost culture really be in the festival activities eliminate the negative aspects that arise in the festivities. However, representatives of state agencies should not do this for people even in the sacred rite of the opening day of meeting. Becausea major goal of the festival is to preserve and honor the typical valueof traditional festivals to cater mainly for the needs of the culturalspirit of local communities. However,the role of State management is very important, especially in majorfestivals such as inter-Hung Temple area, Con Son-Kiep Silver Pagoda ...just not sure communities have the capacity and executive officials.

Therefore,it is difficult to deny the role of State management in the managementand administration activities to protect and promote the value ofcultural heritage in general, in particular festival at the same timeemphasizing this is also the responsibility of the entire society, with the sync solution, the long term. Onlygood combination between the government and people of the community,with the participation of new visitors make the festival more convenientand the most effective and practical contribution to the protection andpromote cultural heritage and rich diversity of ethnic communities in Vietnam. /.

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