According to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the first Cultural, Sports and Tourism Festival of the Central Highlands ethnic groups in 2021 is expected to take place in Kon Tum city (Kon Tum province) for 3 days, from May 28 to 30, 2021.
Within the framework of the Festival, many activities will take place such as: Performance and introduction of typical culinary culture imbued with national identity in each locality; Performance and introduction of festival excerpts, traditional cultural rituals and gong performances, generalizing the cultural and folk beliefs of each ethnic group, expressing national cultural identity, promoting positive elements and eliminating negative, backward elements that are no longer suitable for current cultural life; performance of folk songs, folk dances, folk music; solo and ensemble performances of musical instruments imbued with traditional cultural identity of the locality and ethnic groups in the Central Highlands; Sports activities and traditional ethnic games of pushing sticks, tug of war, slingshot shooting, climbing greased poles and sack jumping; Exhibition of "Cultural characteristics of ethnic groups in the Central Highlands"; Introduction and exhibition of cultural characteristics of ethnic groups in the Central Highlands through images, artifacts, costumes, ethnic musical instruments, ancient letters and books, typical ethnic cultural products; Organize a Famtrip delegation (domestic travel businesses) to survey community tourism and eco-tourism in Kon Tum province. At the same time, it is an opportunity to promote to domestic and foreign businesses and tourists the potential and advantages of the Central Highlands provinces, attract investment in the tourism sector, create momentum to promote investment, accelerate the process of building key tourist areas in the Central Highlands.
The organization of the Festival aims to promote solidarity, cultural exchange, learning, and experience exchange between ethnic groups and localities in the region; Introduce the quintessence of ethnic culture and art through the characteristics of typical cultural activities of each ethnic group and the Central Highlands culture to the people of the whole country and international friends, contributing to strengthening solidarity between ethnic groups, preserving traditional cultural identities, building and developing the Central Highlands region to become more and more beautiful. From there, it contributes to promoting, developing and constantly creating new cultural values, effectively implementing the Resolution of the 13th National Congress of the Party in the cause of national construction and development, creating attraction to promote economic development and tourism in the localities of the Central Highlands.
The Organizing Committee said that the localities participating in the Festival are actively preparing carefully and practicing carefully to have typical art performances with artistic values of community nature, promoting the role of cultural subjects, promoting traditional cultural values associated with the progressive factors of the times. In particular, the Festival will take place with the criteria of efficiency, safety, and economy, but still creating a joyful and exciting atmosphere to meet the creative and enjoyment needs of the people of Kon Tum province, the provinces of the Central Highlands and tourists participating in the Festival.
The opening ceremony of the Festival and a special art program are scheduled to take place at 8:00 p.m. on May 28. The closing ceremony and summary of the festival will take place at 8:00 p.m. on May 30.