Passing on a traditional beauty

In the process of reclaiming the southern land, the ancestors have left many treasures of unique cultural heritage that will last forever. In particular, the intangible cultural heritage of the Di An communal house festival is an example. This is also the fifth national intangible cultural heritage of Binh Duong province that has been recognized.

Ky Yen Festival is a cultural beauty of Southern people in general and Binh Duong people in particular. This is not only a festival with spiritual meaning, praying for favorable rain, good wind, bountiful crops, national peace and prosperity, but also a festival honoring the traditional cultural beauty of the people since ancient times, imprinted with natural imprints and development history of the ancient Southern region.

Ky Yen festival at Di An communal house still retains all traditional values in the process of performing rituals. That shows, the festival has a very important meaning in the development process as well as the methodical and thoroughness of generations of local people here. The value of the Di An communal house festival also lies in the sense of preserving the traditional cultural features expressed in the rituals. Thereby, as a spiritual fulcrum for the people, a place to turn to the roots, towards good values. In particular, at Di An communal house is also a place to forge the will of revolutionary soldiers, a place to stop and stay for local armed forces in the two resistance wars against the colonialists and the invading imperialists. That is the gratitude of posterity for the ancestors, heroes and martyrs, the expression of the cultural beauty of our nation's "drinking water, remembering the source".

Going beyond the time of hundreds of years of existence and development, the Ky Yen festival in Di An communal house imbued with traditional culture is still well preserved, continues to be passed down through generations, becoming a precious asset in the national intangible cultural heritage. The preservation and promotion of intangible cultural heritage is very important in the development of the country, enriching the national culture, creating its own identity in the global process. integration, integration and interference...

 Reported by K.Tan - Translated by Ngoc Huynh