(Cinet)- Scientific seminar “Bai Choi singing in Quang Nam” was organized in central Quang Nam province on October 29 with a participation of some international and domestic researchers and artists of folk music.
The seminar was co-organized by the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Vietnam National Academic of Music (VNAM) with the aim of studying the folk songs peculiar to Quang Nam towards the goal of applying for UNESCO recognition as part of the world intangible cultural heritage.
The stage for bai choi performances encompasses nine cottages, each containing five or six ‘players’. One of the cottages, the central house, contains a troupe of musicians and instruments. A deck of playing cards is split in half, with one stack distributed amongst the players, and the other placed in the central house. The cards are stuck onto bamboo poles and erected outside the cottages.
At the seminar, VNAM Head Nguyen Binh Dinh noted Bai choi singing as a combination of poetry, music, singing, performance and improvisation. The Vietnam National Academy of Music and 11 provinces and cities in the central region, ranging from Quang Binh to Binh Thuan, have been tasked with the preparation of the application dossier, which is to be submitted prior to March 31, 2015.
The bai choi songs are about festivals, daily life and work, and are accompanied by musical instruments.
The game and songs were developed by Mandarin Dao Duy Tu (1572-1634) to help locals protect their crops, according to Hoang Chuong, Director of the Centre for Preservation and Promotion of National Culture.
Vietnam is currently home to eight cultural practices in the UNESCO intangible heritage list, namely Hue’s royal court music, the space of Gong culture in the Central Highlands, Quan ho (love duet) singing, the Giong festival, Ca Tru ceremonial singing, Xoan singing, Worshipping the Hung Kings, and Don ca tai tu (amateur singing).
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