Khai Ha Festival of Muong people in Muong Bi with tourism development in Tan Lac, Hoa Binh

Lunch: lunch at Kim Boi.

Afternoon: Bathe in Kim Boi mineral spring, then return to Hanoi. Program 2 : Hanoi - Hoa Binh (2 days - 1 night). Day 1 : Hanoi - Hoa Binh Hydropower Plant - Tan Lac.

Morning: From Hanoi, visit Hoa Binh Hydropower Plant. Noon: Have lunch in Hoa Binh city.

Afternoon: go to Tan Lac, visit Muoi cave, But cave, ghost cave, return to Muong cultural space museum.

Evening: Learn about the Khai Ha festival of the Muong people combined with watching traditional art performances at the museum.

Day 2 : Tan Lac - Kim Boi - Hanoi.

Morning: Return to Muong Khen town, visit Muong Chua. Noon: have lunch in Muong Khen town.

Afternoon: go to Kim Boi to bathe in mineral spring then return to Hanoi.

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In the future, the tourism industry will account for a large proportion of the economic structure of Tan Lac district. Therefore, the Party Committee and the People's Committee of the district, together with all levels and sectors, need to pay attention to the preservation and promotion of tangible and intangible cultural values. In addition, natural and human tourism resources need to be encouraged to further promote their values in tourism activities. Accordingly, the Khai Ha festival of the Muong Bi people also needs to be paid attention to.

put into tourism exploitation effectively. That is both valuable in preserving its cultural value and meaningful in developing tourism in Tan Lac in particular and Hoa Binh province in general.

Conclude

Tan Lac has a long history, is an ancient land. This is the great center of the Muong Bi people and also the cradle of the world-famous Hoa Binh culture, which has contributed to building the civilization of the Red River Delta. The history of building and defending the country of our ancestors has left generations of Muong people in Tan Lac today the tradition of solidarity, sharing joys and sorrows, hard work, mutual love, loyalty and bravery in the struggle against nature, against foreign invaders in the past and in the process of building a new life today.

Because they live in the mountains, the Muong Bi people have the opportunity to preserve their traditional cultural features and traditional festivals, including the Khai Ha festival. Although they are also affected by many new policies and guidelines, their culture, economy and society have changed in a progressive direction, but the majority of the changes are relatively slow. The overall picture of Muong Bi culture is expressed through housing, clothing, food and drink, and especially through customs, habits and unique traditional festivals.

unique. The Khai Ha festival has vividly demonstrated the beauty of traditional culture here. Over the past half century, along with the formation of the new regime, the Khai Ha festival of the Muong Bi people has continued to develop on the basis of inheriting and transforming traditional rituals, while absorbing new elements in the general development of the country. However, due to objective impacts from the environment, subjective impacts from human consciousness that are not aware of

The cultural significance of the rituals in the festival has been lost day by day.

quite a lot. Therefore, its restoration and preservation will encounter many difficulties. To do so, it requires the attention, direction and proper investment of the government and departments at all levels, all sectors and the dedication of those who care about the survival of this unique festival.

® To revive and serve tourism exploitation activities well, it is necessary to propagate, educate, and raise awareness of its value for young generations in Muong Bi, then combine sightseeing and learning about the Khai Ha festival with visiting historical sites and other intangible cultural values to build routes and cultural tours in Muong Bi that are increasingly attractive to tourists. Therefore, in the context of globalization and international and regional integration taking place more and more strongly and making the Khai Ha festival of the Muong Bi people have significant changes, but the Muong lifestyle is still full of vitality in the valleys and will last forever, opening up a vast tourism potential.

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APPENDIX

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1. LIST OF MATERIAL PROVIDERS

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Full name	PEOPLE Clan	YEAR OLD	GENDER	JOB	ACCOMMODATION ( x ·)
1	Bui Van Ut	Muong	93	Male	Shaman	Ngo Luong
2	Bui Van Nhinh	Muong	67	Male	Retirement	Ngo Luong
3	Bui Thi Panh	Muong	68	Female	Farmer	Abundant
4	Bui Thi Lung	Muong	46	Female	Farmer	Enemy Religion
5	Bui Thi Sin	Muong	92	Female	Farmer	By Nhan
6	Bui Thi Im	Muong	63	Female	Retired officer	Enemy Religion
7	Bui Van Chuan	Muong	65	Male	Retired officer	Enemy Religion
8	Bui Van Enh	Muong	79	Male	Farmer	Abundant
9	Bui Van Phong	Muong	43	Male	P.Chairman of the commune	Enemy Religion
10	Bui Thi Thu	Muong	35	Female	Teacher TH	Enemy Religion

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2. THE LEGEND OF MUONG BI

In those days, long ago, there was a large and wealthy village. The village always smelled of sticky rice. Every afternoon, the sound of buffalo gongs echoed through the road leading to the village. On holidays, the sound of gongs flew far and wide, from five mountains to ten villages. The joyful sound of the fathers inviting people to drink rice wine mixed with the usual singing of the mothers made every visitor to the village intoxicated.

That life of abundance and joy made God uncomfortable. From the ninth heaven, he lifted the clouds and looked down. Strangely, after they lived so happily, he wanted them to suffer. Therefore, he called the Rain God to cause rain and floods to destroy the peaceful scene on earth.

Only the turtle knew God's will. The turtle quickly gathered some eggs it was incubating and planned to go up to Tru mountain, the highest point of the village, to avoid the flood. But unfortunately for him, a couple from the village saw him and immediately caught the turtle and brought it home.

The turtle was tied to a rope and hung on a pole, unable to be untied no matter how hard it struggled. At that moment, the Rain God, wearing a black cloak, flew to the village, waving a water bag with his right hand and a wind bag with his left hand, causing the trees to sway and the river to whirl. The rain became heavier and heavier, the wind grew stronger and stronger, but the parents still did not notice. The turtle quickly pleaded:

- Mom and Dad! Come here, I'll tell you something. Mom and Dad heard something strange and immediately came over to ask:

- Turtle, what do you say to my wife and I?

- Dad, please untie me, I will tell you this to save your life. Dad said:

- I don't understand what you're saying? You said you wanted to save my wife and I! Tell me! If you tell me something good, I'll let you live. If you tell me something false, I'll strip you naked.

The turtle explained the heaven's intentions to his parents. After listening, the parents untied the turtle and asked:

- What should we do now, turtle?

- Now you take the floating trees and combine them into a patch to escape death. As for me, I can swim on water and I will swim towards Tru mountain to take refuge. Mom and Dad, hurry up, the water is rising now.

As soon as he finished speaking, water flooded everywhere. The water reached the foot of the ladder. Dad quickly cut down more than ten banana trees and used rattan and reed rope to tie them together into a patch. Mom rushed in.

Several loads of rice were thrown onto the raft. Before everything was finished, the boiling flood water swept away my parents' house.

My parents sat on the raft, letting the current take them wherever they wanted. The water rose higher and higher, the low mountains were submerged to the top, the high mountains were only visible at the top. The sky was covered with dark clouds, the ground was covered with vast waves. In that situation, all the people in the village died, no one survived because of the disaster caused by the sky.

One week, two weeks the water still did not recede, the rain still did not stop. The banana raft that my parents had been soaking in water for a long time began to rot, in a day or two my parents would not be able to stay there.

How dangerous the situation was. Father and mother looked at the sky, looked at the earth, looked at the clouds, and became more worried.

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Luckily at that time, my parents' banana raft was drifting and got stuck on a tree.

My parents chopped down the top of that tree, thinking it was some other tree, but it turned out to be a Pi tree that was still fresh and intact, growing on the top of Tru mountain. My parents then tied the banana raft to the top of that Pi tree to live through the day.

After more than a month of punishing humans, God parted the clouds and looked down at the earth, seeing nothing but layers upon layers of water. Feeling satisfied with his actions, he ordered the rain god to withdraw the water.

The water gradually receded, the grass and trees rotted and died. Humans and other living things were left dead all over the mountains and hills. Thanks to the Pi tree, my parents quietly went to collect the dead bodies and buried them carefully to do good for the deceased.

All the trees in the village died, leaving only the Pi tree. The Pi tree, warmed by the sunlight, took root and sprouted leaves. In no time, it grew green, flowered, bore fruit, and sowed seeds far and near.

The water had receded, leaving the village bare. My mother and father lived together. A few days later, my mother became pregnant. From then on, my father gave birth to many more children. The village gradually became more populated.

That land later grew into a forest. Thanks to the Pi tree that saved his life, his parents named the area where they lived Pi.

Thanks to the Pi tree, "living to remember, dying to take with", the parents did not forget to tell their children and grandchildren: If they die, you must use Pi wood to make a coffin for them to rest in.

The custom of using Pi tree wood to make coffins and avoiding using Pi tree wood for firewood in Muong Bi still exists today.

Because of the turtle's merit, the Muong Bi people do not hunt turtles to eat.