Workshop promotes preservation of southern singing style
A workshop discussing how to preserve and develop the musical genre “Don ca tai tu” took place in the southern province of Bac Lieu on April 27, bringing together a crowd of scholars and researchers operating in the field.
A workshop discussing how topreserve and develop the musical genre “Don ca tai tu” took place in thesouthern province of Bac Lieu on April 27, bringing together a crowd ofscholars and researchers operating in the field.
As part of theongoing national “Don ca tai tu” festival in the locality, theevent focused on analysing the art and reviewing the process ofdeveloping it.
Known as a musical art that has bothscholarly and folk roots,” Don ca tai tu” developed in southern Vietnamin the late 19th century.
UNESCO recognised it as intangible cultural heritage last Decemberduring a session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguardingof the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Baku, Azerbaijan.
The art is performed at numerous events, such as festivals, ‘deathanniversary' rituals and celebratory occasions. The audience can join inby offering feedback to the singers and suggesting new lyrics forsongs.
It has been transmitted from generation to generation through officialand unofficial forms of education in all the 21 southern provinces,where it is most popular. .
The music is played on a variety of different instruments, includingthe kim (moon-shaped lute), co (two-stringed fiddle), tranh (16-stringzither), ty ba (pear-shaped lute), song lang (percussion), bau(monochord) and sao (bamboo flute).
Musicians are classified as ‘master instrumentalists’, ‘masterlyricists’, ‘master singers’, ‘instrumentalists’ and ‘singers’.
Influenced by other forms of cultural heritage from the central andsouthern regions of Vietnam, such as “nhac le” (ceremonial music) and“hat boi” (classical theatre and folk song), the music genre was addedto the National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2012.
At the workshop, attendees said the festival aids Vietnam’s attempts to preserve the country’s traditional art and culture.
ꦇ Thefirst event of its kind, the festival has attracted the attention ofthe domestic and international community and spurred a joint effort toconserve the form.-VNA
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