Bac Ninh joins national festival of Chầu văn singing

09/05/2018 08:05

(BNP) - From 26th to 29th April, in Hue city, Department for Cultural affairs in grassroots (under Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism) in collaboration with People's Committee of Thua Thien Hue province held a national festival of Chầu văn singing with participation of 16 art troupes nationwide.

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A performance of Bac Ninh at the festival

(Source: Bac Ninh Tourism Promotion Center)

Based on art elements, the festival's performances are divided into two parts, including Chầu văn singing with traditional melody but written by new lyrics which cover contents of praise the Party, Uncle Ho, the spirit of unity, the homeland, the people and so on, and Chầu văn singing with traditional rituals (invocation singing), which is performance of 36 “giá đồng”, every “giá đồng” worships a deity, used by the worshipers to saints in shrines, temples.

At the festival, Bac Ninh art troupe participated in three shows conducted by artists of Provincial Cultural Center in coordination with young worshipers to Mother Goddess (thanh đồng) of Yen Phong district. Three performances as follows "Quan đệ tam" (the third Mandarin), "Chầu bé" (Goddess) by Mr. Nguyen Tran Tuan Anh won A prize; meanwhile "Đảng là mãi mãi mùa xuân" (The Party is forever spring) by Ms. Chu Phuong Anh and "Bức tranh quê xưa" (The old countryside picture) by men and women singers successfully won B Prize.

National festival of Chầu văn singing, one of cultural activities within the framework of Hue Festival 2018, aims to honor, promote artistic values of Chầu văn singing in "the worship to Mother Goddess of Vietnamese people", which was recognized by UNESCO as a representative intangible cultural heritage of mankind.