35 individuals proposed to be awarded titles of “People’s Artisan” and “Meritorious Artisan” in intangible cultural heritage

12/03/2025 08:33

(BNP) - The Provincial Council for considering and awarding the titles of “People’s Artisan” and “Meritorious Artisan” issued Notice No. 02/TB-HDCTXT on the results of the 4th meeting of the Provincial Council for considering and awarding the titles of “People’s Artisan” and “Meritorious Artisan” in intangible cultural heritage of Bac Ninh province.


Meritorious Artisan Nguyen Thi Sang (left) is one of three individuals proposed for the title of People’s Artisan this time.

Out of the total 84 individual profiles proposed for the titles of “People’s Artisan” and “Meritorious Artisan”, there were 12 profiles proposed for the title of “People’s Artisan” (10 profiles for the genre of Bac Ninh Quan Ho Folk Songs; 01 profile for the genre of Tuong art and 01 profile for the genre of Cheo art) and 72 profiles proposed for the title of “Meritorious Artisan” (52 profiles for the genre of Bac Ninh Quan Ho Folk Songs; 10 profiles for the genre of Tuong art; 2 profiles for the genre of Cheo art; 1 profile for the genre of Vietnamese Mother Goddess Worship Practice; 6 profiles for the genre of Trong Quan singing; 1 profile for the genre of Ca Tru singing).

As a result, 35 individual profiles met the required number of votes to be proposed for the title of “People’s Artisan” and “Meritorious Artisan” in intangible cultural heritage of Bac Ninh province for the 4th time. Among them, there were 3 individuals “People’s Artisan”, all belonging to the Bac Ninh Quan Ho Folk Song heritage category; 32 individuals “Meritorious Artisan” including: 19 individuals belonging to the Bac Ninh Quan Ho Folk Song heritage category, 10 individuals belonging to the Tuong singing heritage category, 2 individuals belonging to the Cheo singing heritage category and 1 individual belonging to the Vietnamese Mother Goddess Worshiping Practice category.