Unique homestay of local residents
From stilt house architecture, handicrafts, gongs to local cuisine, cultural identity is becoming a highlight attracting tourists, while creating sustainable livelihoods for local people.
In Kon Chenh village, Mang Den commune, about 8km from the commune center, the unique cultural features of the Mo Nam people (branch of the Xo Dang ethnic group) are still preserved quite intact. This is also an advantage for the locality to develop community tourism associated with preserving traditional culture.
The first impression for tourists when coming to Kon Chenh is the houses imbued with traditional architecture. In which, the homestay model of Ms. Y Tuan's family is built in the stilt house style of the Mo Nam people, both serving accommodation and being a space to introduce local culture.
Coming here, visitors have the opportunity to experience many unique activities such as gong playing, xoang dance, brocade weaving, making can wine, processing traditional dishes, visiting beautiful scenes and hunting clouds.
According to Ms. Y Tuan, what the family wants is for tourists to feel the cultural beauty of the Mo Nam people. Therefore, traditional values from stilt house architecture, handicrafts to local cuisine are always preserved and promoted in tourism activities.
The community tourism model not only helps her family have a stable income of 10 - 12 million VND per month but also creates motivation for many other households to participate in tourism development.
Up to now, Kon Chenh village has many households investing in homestays, welcoming more than 4,000 visitors each year to visit and experience.
Gongs and gongs, cuisine retains tourists
Not only Kon Chenh, Dak Rang community tourism village, Duc Nong commune is also creating its own mark by promoting the cultural identity of the Gie Trieng people.
The highlight of the village is the display space of more than 20 traditional ethnic musical instruments. Each type of musical instrument is associated with the life, festivals and customs of the Gie Trieng people.
Visitors here not only learn about the origin and uses of each musical instrument but also directly experience the characteristic sounds of the mountains and forests.
Besides traditional music, local cuisine is also a factor attracting tourists when coming to Dak Rang. Dishes such as bamboo rice, grilled chicken, smoked pork, grilled fish with banana leaves, grilled frog or pork flour soup are all imbued with the flavor of the mountains and forests and are prepared in traditional methods.
From cultural values preserved through many generations, ethnic minority communities in western Quang Ngai are gradually turning traditional identity into unique tourism products.
This approach not only creates more jobs and increases income for people but also contributes to preserving and spreading good cultural values, towards sustainable tourism development.
