On November 22, Da Nang Museum opened the program "Da Nang Cultural Heritage Festival 2025" with the theme "Diversifying the cultural colors of Da Nang highlands", taking place at three museum facilities in the city.
The program aims to celebrate Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day on November 23, introducing and promoting the typical cultural values of the people of Co Tu, Xo Dang, De Trieng, Cor, Bhnong... - the community living in the mountainous areas of the West of Da Nang.
Through their working, farming and living lives, the people have formed many customs and techniques of weaving brocade, weaving, cuisine, beliefs and festivals, contributing to the rich cultural identity of the city.
In 2025, the program will be held simultaneously at three locations: 31 Tran Phu, 42 Bach Dang and 281 Phan Boi Chau, with a series of outstanding activities. Including exhibitions of photos, costumes, and wooden sculptures of Co Tu; folk songs and dances; ethnic kitchen space; introduction of traditional handicrafts and agricultural products of the Co Tu and Ca Dong ethnic groups.
The museum also organizes many experiential activities such as brocade weaving, weaving, wood carving, making buffalo horn cakes, making wine celery,au clam...; game show to learn about the culture of " len nui, xuong pho"; heritage education program about the Cor people for students.
Within the framework of the Festival, the Da Nang Fine Arts Museum will organize a ceremony to receive and display 31 artifacts and artworks donated by domestic and foreign individuals and artists in 2025 on November 21.
In addition, the scientific seminar "Mac Canh Huong and the Mac Dynasty of Thuan Quang region (1558-1945)" and the cultural experience event "Co Tu-Gether: rang nhau thang an" will also be held, aiming to spread cultural values and enhance interaction with the young public.
In his opening speech, Mr. Huynh Dinh Quoc Thien - Director of Da Nang Museum said that Da Nang City is a land rich in cultural traditions, once the center of Sa Huynh culture, the ancient Cham Pa civilization, the culture of indigenous peoples, and is associated with many important milestones in the history of the nation.
Over many generations, the classes of Vietnamese residents in the Southern journey have intertwined and continued with indigenous culture, contributing to the formation of a unique Quang cultural identity. Those values are invaluable heritages inherited by us, and are also important resources contributing to building a united, harmonious and sustainable Da Nang.
"The mountainous area of the city is a long-standing place of residence for the Co Tu, So Dang, Gie - Trieng, and Cor ethnic groups. The people still preserve many typical traditional cultural features, expressed through material and spiritual life such as: farming methods, stilt house architecture, brocade weaving, weaving, culinary culture, customs, beliefs and festivals...
Preserving and promoting the cultural identity of ethnic minorities in particular and national cultural heritage in general is especially important in the current period of integration and development," said Mr. Thien.
