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The Gia Lai Culture and Tourism Week, along with the Gia Lai Gong Cultural Festival, featured a remarkable event celebrating the region’s rich cultural heritage. From November 11 to 19, the festival honored the invaluable gong cultural space of the Central Highlands region, which has been recognized as part of UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. A highlight of the festival was an awe-inspiring performance by 1,330 gong players from five provinces: Gia Lai, Kon Tum, Dak Lak, Dak Nong, and Lam Dong. The unique cultural traditions of the ethnic minority residents left a lasting impression on both locals and visitors alike. The gong performance art form holds a special connection to the cultural history of the ethnic groups residing in the Central Highlands along the Truong Son mountain range, including the provinces of Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Dak Nong, and Lam Dong. UNESCO recognized the Central Highlands Gong Cultural Space as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intan...