A exclusive performance of UNESCO intangible cultural heritage of quan họ (love duet) folk singing will be organised to celebrate the New Year festival in the capital city.
Although they have different backgrounds, four female performers of the Giao Thời(Transition) band have all faced challenges and worked hard to make a strong impression on the country’s music scene.
As many as 11 artists who perform and teach the art of chau van (ritual)
singing and dancing have been awarded "Folk Artisan" title by the Viet
Nam Folk Arts and Literature Association.
The culture ministry has approved a plan to seek UNESCO''s recognition of
an oral folk art form of three ethnic groups from northern Viet Nam as
intangible cultural heritage.
The fourth Southern Folk Cake Festival opened yesterday as part of
CanTho City''s activities to commemorate the Hung
Kings, the Reunification Day and Labour Day.
UNESCO''s recognition of vi and giam folk songs as intangible cultural
heritages of humanity is a top 10 culture event of the year, the
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has announced.
Research on southern folk music (don ca tai tu) by a
teacher from Long An Province, Vo Truong Ky, won the Viet Nam Folk Arts
and Letters Association''s highest award this year.
A night of Vietnamese folk music featuring ca tru (ceremonial singing),
cheo (popular theatre), chau van (spiritual singing) and xam (minstrel
singing) will take place in Ha Noi on January 10.
Under the glow of a winter fire in her wooden house, Ly Thi Tung holds high a brown-paper book of Mong folk songs.However, the 37-year-old mother of four can''t read a single word.
Belarusian troupes will perform in the northern cities of Ha Noi and Hai
Phong as part of Belarus Cultural Days, which will be held from
November 2 to 7.
