Choro ethnic group’s Long House is inaugurated : more cultural tourism space

Choro ethnic group’s Long House

    The house is built to create space for Choro ethnic group’s cultural activities and festivals. The construction of this project was started late 2008. The project has a total area of nearly 4,000 m2, including a Long House of 209m2, green trees, grass, a fountain and toilets. The project has a total construction cost of nearly VND2.9 billion and its investor is the management board of the Vinh Cuu Historic Monument and Nature Reserve. More than 100 file photos of Choro ethnic group’s culture and customs, of 50 historical objects which have been collected and restored and which are living, hunting and farming tools including gongs, wine jars, back baskets, bows, rattan hammocks, sedge mats, mortars and so on and of superstitious rituals like welcoming the rice god and entering the new house are being displayed in the Long House

Delegates at the inauguration ceremony

    Addressing the inauguration ceremony, Vice chairwoman of the provincial People's Committee – Huynh Thi Nga – said that building the Long House – a cultural symbol of Choro ethnic group – along with developing economy and maintaining cultural features of the ethnic communities who live in the province will maintain and develop Choro traditional cultural features and create a rich and diverse culture. Simultaneously, she added that it is necessary to develop cultural strengths and make the Long House a tourist link with Vinh Cuu Historic Monument and Nature Reserve and Cat Tien National Park.

    On this occasion, the provincial leaders planted memorial trees at the Long House. Chairman of the provincial People's Committee – Vo Van Mot – offered Choro ethnic group in Phu Ly commune two sets of gongs, which will be displayed.

    Some photos of the inauguration ceremony:

Choro ethnic group’s rituals to welcome the rice god from the field

 

House warming ceremony

 

Deputy Secretary of the provincial Standing Party Committee – Le Hong Phuong, Chairman of the provincial People's Committee – Vo Van Mot and delegates visit the Long House

 

A Choro girl on the balcony of the Long House.

(Reported by Nguyen Le, Translated  by Duy  Minh)