(VOVworld) – The Muong have a population of around 1 million who live mainly in northern provinces like Hoa Binh and Thanh Hoa. The Muong culture is related to Hoa Binh culture dating back more than 10,000 years. Today VOV’s Colorful Vietnam – Vietnam’s 54 Ethnic Groups takes a look at Muong culture.

(VOVworld) – The M’nong have maintained many traditional customs which have helped enhance their communal bond.

(VOVworld) – The M’nong have a system of diverse epics. The “Ot N’Rong”, the oldest epic, reflects the social history of the M’nong. Vietnam’s cultural researcher have worked with localities to collect and preserve the M’nong’s unique cultural values, especially their epics.

(VOVworld) –People in the Central Highlands created the rock gong or lithophone, a musical instrument made of rocks, thousands of years ago. The sound of the lithophone can express the happiness or sadness of the Central Highlanders, the mystery of their majestic forests, or the murmur of a brook.

(VOVworld) – Ama Kong was called the Elephant King of the Central Highlands. He caught and tamed 298 elephants. When he died at the age of 102 in 2012, his family donated much of his hunting equipment to the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology.

(VOVworld) –The M’Nong are famous for hunting and taming elephants in the Central Highlands. Elephant are their valuable assets and have an important position in their spiritual and cultural lives. Elephants are considered members of the community and everything related to the elephants must follow the M’Nong traditions.

(VOVworld) – The M’Nong have maintained many unique customs and cultural values. The wedding ceremony is an important community event which embeds with the typical identities of the Central Highlanders.

(VOVworld) – The M’Nong was one of the first groups to settle in the Central Highlands. They have preserved many unique cultural features of their traditional festivals and folklore including epics, beating gongs, songs, and dance.

(VOVworld) – The M’Nong, together with the Ba Na and Ede, are one of the oldest ethnic minority groups in the Central Highlands. They have maintained many age-old, unique cultural values and customs. Our program today will present an overview of the M’Nong.

(VOVworld) – “Cấp sắc” or “Quá tăng” meaning “maturity ritual”, is a typical cultural feature of the Dao people. They believe a man that has not passed a “cap sac” ritual can not unite with his ancestors when he dies and will not be recognized as a descendant of the Ban Vuong. An adult man who has not passed a “cap sac” ritual is not acknowledged as mature and is unqualified to practice and attend hamlet rituals and works.