 |  | Traditionally tuned: (left) Singers perform quan ho love duets in a-cappella style at the Lim Festival. (above) Young people enjoy a folk game. — VNS Photos Vu Ngoc |
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BAC NINH — A love duet singing festival kicked off yesterday in the northern province of Bac Ninh. The two-day festival gathered dozens of amateur and professional love duet (quan ho) singers at communes of Noi Due, Lien Bao and Lim Town.
The singing would be in a-cappella style (without musical instruments) which was the local style of love duets, People's Committee deputy chairman Nguyen Huu Manh said.
The entertainment would take place on six stages scattered throughout the area and on boats, temples and the homes of 10 local love duet artists.
Folk games such as traditional swinging, wrestling, hide and seek and card games will be organised.
The festival activities and also venues were widely publicised in a leaflet campaign, Manh said.
The art of love duets was inscribed in the UNESCO's representative list of intangible cultural heritage in September, 2009. — VNS