March 25, 2011
 People get crowded at the Seal Opening ritual held last month in the northern province of Nam Dinh For thousands of years, villages all over Vietnam have held cultural festivals, following the Lunar New Year. Many of the festivals are not only unique to Vietnam, but they are also unique to each village. [...]
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February 5, 2010
VietNamNet’s Bui Dung reviews achievements in the showbiz world of Vietnam last year. After Hue royal court music and the cultural space of Central Highlands gong, Quan ho Bac Ninh (Bac Ninh love duets) and Ca tru (ceremonial songs) were recognized by UNESCO as the intangible cultural heritage of mankind in September 2009. Quan ho Bac [...]
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February 2, 2010
The Hot VTeen, a beauty and talent contest for teenagers, ended on January 28 with four winners. The four winners. Minh Vu performs his song about Hanoi. And win the Style title. Le Bao sings a song, supported by contestants from Da Nang.Hoai Thu and the dance entitled “Quan Ho Girls” (featuring girls from Bac Ninh’s quan ho [...]
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January 5, 2010
The event closed on January after an impressive closing ceremony with quan ho and hat xam singing, tea-making rituals and calligraphic art performances. Quan ho Bac Ninh performance. Hat xam by singer Thuy Duong. A quan ho singer invited guests to taste betelSinging a folk song and dancing beside a loom.Artisan Hoang Anh Suong makes a presentation [...]
Tags: Quan Ho
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December 19, 2009
The banyan treee at Xuan O Village, Bac Ninh Province, where the Yin Yang Market brings together the living and the deadLookAtVietnam – A defunct market where the living and the dead mingled in silence 2,000 years ago will be revived in the northern province of Bac Ninh next year. Mystery cloaked the night market effortlessly, [...]
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December 13, 2009
The banyan treee at Xuan O Village, Bac Ninh Province, where the Yin Yang Market brings together the living and the dead A defunct market where the living and the dead mingled in silence 2,000 years ago will be revived in the northern province of Bac Ninh next year. Mystery cloaked the night market effortlessly, [...]
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November 14, 2009
A quan ho singer performs at Lim Festival, which is held on the 12th-14th days of the first Lunar Calendar month annually Traditional performances are hard to come by, but singers of centuries-old quan ho songs are more than happy to sing for fans over their cell phones. As I spoke with quan ho singer [...]
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November 12, 2009
When an expert from the Vietnam Culture and Art Institute spoke out about how Quan Ho love duets were being performed he ended up being threatened with punishment. Quan ho singers sang by micro and asked for money at the Lim Festival 2009, Bac Ninh province. Quan Ho songs recognised as world intangible heritage Officials of the [...]
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October 10, 2009
Singers in the northern province of Bac Ninh perform quan ho Quan ho and ca tru, priceless jewels in Vietnamâs musical heritage, have achieved UNESCO recognition, but can they survive indifference and the onslaught of pop culture and commercialization? Vietnamâs rich musical heritage has survived decades of war and its deprivations that robbed the nation [...]
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October 7, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The leader of Vietnam’s team at a recent UNESCO meeting on cultural heritages believes Vietnam ought to inventory and nominate many more traditions for recognition. VietNamNet Bridge – The leader of Vietnam’s team at a recent UNESCO meeting on cultural heritages believes Vietnam ought to inventory and nominate many more traditions for recognition. It’s [...]
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Punishment requested for love duet dissenter
When an expert from the Vietnam Culture and Art Institute spoke out about how Quan Ho love duets were being performed he ended up being threatened with punishment. Quan ho singers sang by micro and asked for money at the Lim Festival 2009, Bac Ninh province. Quan Ho songs recognised as world intangible heritage Officials of the [...]
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