Lễ hội truyền thống làng cổ Thổ Hà: Giá trị văn hóa và những vấn đề đặt ra trong bối cảnh đương đại

Abstract

The article positions cultural values as the central analytical axis for
reconstructing the traditional festival of the ancient village of Tho Ha across key
dimensions: the value of preserving cultural space and collective memory, the value of
indigenous belief practices, and the value of folk artistic expressions. Accordingly, the
festival is interpreted as a “living heritage”, reflecting the adaptive capacity and
flexible resilience of community culture within contemporary society. In the context of
rapid socio-economic transformation and administrative boundary changes, the Tho
Ha festival is facing multiple challenges: the erosion of sacredness and distortions in
ritual practice; the commercialization and spatial transformation of the festival
environment; pressures related to the environment, infrastructure, and public order;
gaps within the management mechanism; and the potential loss of cultural identity.
Responding to these practical demands, the article proposes several solutions aimed at
safeguarding and promoting the festival’s values, ensuring harmony between tradition
and modernity, and contributing to the preservation of the cultural identity of Tho Ha
village in particular and the wider cultural landscape of the Kinh Bac region in
general.