Spring is the most beautiful time of the year, for the brocade space to bloom brilliantly. Brocade of the Bana Kriem people carries the beauty of innocence and purity.
The brocade weaving profession of the Bana Kriem people in the villages of Ha Ri, Thanh Quang, Ta Let, Vinh Hiep commune (Vinh Thanh district), was once very prosperous, established for hundreds of years in mountainous hamlets and villages. High land.
Up to now, the Bana Kriem people still preserve the brocade weaving profession in association with local tourism development.
According to Mr. Yang Danh – Branch Head of Binh Dinh Ethnic Minorities Literature and Arts Branch – Folklore researcher, since the Party and Uncle Ho were established, brocade weaving is like cloth. Traditional costumes of the Bana Kriem people have recently been developed to practically serve the community.
Spring is filled with brocade colors of the Bana Kriem people, in the mountainous district of Binh Dinh province. Photo: CB.
Realizing the importance of brocade sets, in 1955, meeting ethnic minority officials from the South to the North, Uncle Ho asked the Government to make a set of traditional costumes of each ethnic group to give to the people. officers. Mr. Dinh Ton, a Bana Kriem native, was honored to receive this gift.
Currently, the traditional shirt of the Bana Kriem people given by Uncle Ho is still kept at the Binh Dinh Provincial Museum.
“In addition to the common traditional costumes, there are also unique identities, unique materials, unique designs and patterns of each ethnic group and region. When looking at the costumes, you can recognize which ethnic group and where they are from. ? This is the honor and pride of every nation living in Vietnam,” Mr. Yang Danh said.
Bana Kriem artisans all know how to make tools and processes in brocade looms to weave and embroider to create fabric products and traditional costumes such as blankets, dresses, shirts, and turbans.
It’s not just seniors who like to wear traditional costumes. About 80% of students in boarding schools and ethnic minority boarding schools all have traditional costumes and often wear them on the occasion of saluting the flag every Monday; or on holidays and festivals organized by the school.
In the past, every time a village festival was held, no matter how big or small, everyone, young and old, wore traditional costumes, making the whole village look like a forest of colorful flowers.
However, brocade weaving, as well as traditional costumes of the Bana Kriem community, gradually disappeared.
Because, today, with the policy of opening up to international integration, many types of beautiful and durable fabric and clothing products are transported from the lowlands to the mountainous areas to trade with compatriots. Therefore, most young men and women gradually distance themselves from traditional national costumes.
To restore and preserve the traditional occupations of ethnic minorities, from 2023, the Department of Culture and Sports of Binh Dinh province has organized training courses to foster expertise, skills, and cultural teaching. intangible for 60 students who are commune cultural officials, village heads, and reputable people of the Bana ethnic group (Bana Kriem group) in the locality.
At the training class, students were informed regarding the work of preserving and developing the fine traditional cultural identities of ethnic minorities in association with tourism development.
State management of ethnic minority culture; Current status of traditional brocade weaving of Bana Kriem ethnic people in Vinh Thanh district.
Mr. Yang Danh talked regarding the current situation of traditional brocade weaving of the Bana Kriem ethnic group in Vinh Thanh district. Photo: CB.
Introducing the brocade weaving process and the importance of preserving and promoting the value of traditional brocade weaving of the Bana Kriem ethnic group in association with tourism development and improving people’s lives.
Teaching the traditional brocade weaving craft of the Bana Kriem people at the Cultural House of Ha Ri village, Vinh Hiep commune, Vinh Thanh district.
According to Deputy Director of the Department of Culture and Sports of Binh Dinh province, Huynh Thi Anh Thao, the introduction of the brocade weaving process and the importance of preserving and promoting the value of traditional brocade weaving of ethnic people is important. The Bana Kriem tribe is associated with tourism development.
Is one of the activities to preserve and promote the fine traditional cultural identities of ethnic minorities associated with tourism development, under the National Target Program for Socio-Economic Development Association of ethnic minority and mountainous areas in the period 2021 – 2030, phase 1 from 2021 – 2025.