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Written by admin on August 11th, 2011
Lullaby songs are a sort of folk music often heard in Vietnam, especially in the countryside. They are used not only to lull small children to go to sleep but also to express human feelings such as homesickness, wife missing her husband... Rarely do the songs express direct feelings towards the ...
Written by admin on August 11th, 2011
Xoan singing is a folk cultural product of Phú Thọ province. The last point of time that Xoan accompany still sang in communal houses of the villages in spring was in 1945. Fortunately, we still had an opportunity to meet singers and instrumentalist who used to sing in the Xoan ...
Written by admin on August 11th, 2011
"Hat then" are religious epics of Long Poems, performed by the highland Tay and Nung minority groups. Those songs tell the story of the path to paradise to ask the Jade Emperor to settle troubles for the head of household. "Hat then" performances are important ceremonial events, which unite the entire ...
Written by admin on August 11th, 2011
Hat Xam, or the song of the blind artists, has existed since the Tran dynasty (13th century). Tran Quoc Dinh, a son of King Tran Thanh Tong was the father of the special performance. In a complex situation, his brother, in a fit of jealousy against the talents of Dinh, pierced ...
Written by admin on August 11th, 2011
mp3.zing.vn, download mp3 free, vietnam music, hat van vietnam Hat van, or hat chau van, is a traditional folk art which combines trance singing and dancing, a religious form of art used for extolling the merits of beneficent deities or deified national heroes. Its music and poetry are mingled with a variety ...
Written by admin on August 5th, 2011
Cheo is a form of popular theatre in Vietnam that has its roots in ancient village festivals. (mp3 zing vn) It consists of folk songs with pantomime, intrumental music and dances, combined with instructive or interpretive sketches dealing with stories from legends, poetry, history or even daily life. Also brought into ...
Written by admin on August 5th, 2011
Cai Luong (Renovated Opera) appeared in the southern part of Vietnam in the 1920s. This relatively modern form combines drama, modeled after French comedy, and singin mp3 zing vn Scenes are elaborate and are changed frequently throughout the play. Cai luong is similar to the Western operettas and more easily depicts ...
Written by admin on August 5th, 2011
The folk-song Quan Ho, a very rich and beautiful musical storehouse of our people, has a very long lasting history. During all its existence, successive creations have unceasingly changed the type of the folk-song Quan Ho. Today, there are "Quan Ho dai", "New Quan Ho", "the renovated Quan Ho". This shows ...
Written by admin on August 5th, 2011
Ca tru music sounds strange to the uninitiated. Clicks and clacks accompany the centuries old ballads. It is not the kind of music that inspires toe tapping or humming. Originally, ca tru was also called hat a dao or hat noi (literally song of the women singers). Attractive young singers entertained ...