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Vietnam travel guide on Quan ho singing
Bac Ninh's folk song is the folk songs of the North Delta, concentrated mainly in Kinh Bac region (Bac Ninh and Bac Giang). This art is formed by many factors such as music, lyrics, costumes, festivals, etc., with a folk singing style expressing the special relation between male singers and female singers. Therefore, Quan Ho is considered the typical culture of Kinh Bac's people. On Vietnam trips, tourists should spend their time exploring the unique features of this musical genre.
Quan Ho singing has the most melodies in Vietnamese folk treasure and is handed down from generation to generation through oral methods. Quan Ho singing is alternating responses between brothers and sisters. Quan Ho folk songs have 213 different melody variations with more than 400 song lyrics. Each song is divided into 2 parts including the principal text and secondary text. The principle text is the core of the song, including its base lyrics. The lyrics of Quan Ho singing derived from poems and folk verses of Vietnam, mostly 6 syllable and 8 syllable verses, modified 6 syllable and 8 syllable verses, 4 syllable or mixed 4 syllable verses. Its lyrics express peoples emotional states in metaphorical language. The secondary text consists of words that are added to the melodies such as i hi, u hu, a ha, etc. hanoi opera house
Bac Ninh's folk song exists in a cultural environment with its own social customs. The first is friendship between two Quan Ho village (or ket cha). From friendship custom, a special custom appears among Quan Ho villages. Each Quan ho group from one village makes friends with another group from another village following the principles that male singers make friend with female singers and vice versa. Members of the guilds are considered brothers and sisters. So they cannot get married to each other. A different feature of Bac Ninh's folk song is the teaching and dissemination through sleepover custom. After a working day, Quan ho groups, especially boys and girls from 9 to 17 years old, invite each other to sleep over in their hosts house to learn Quan ho singing techniques. Male and female singers combine and practice their voices in pairs in order to have a unified timbre for performance.
Travel to Vietnam, tourists not only enjoy unique Quan ho performances but also learn about cuisine in Quan ho. Quan ho group uses phoenix wing-shaped quid of betel and areca and Thai Nguyen tea. In meal, it must use red tray (mam son) which is made of timber and painted red to express hosts emotion to visitors. Dishes in the meal depend on each villages custom but must include a plate of chicken, two plates of lean pork paste, lean pork; especially no fat dishes to avoid damaging voice. In performances, costumes of male and female are different. Female costumes include quai thao hat, scarf for wrapping the hair, camisole, tunic, skirt, scarves tied about the waist and slippers. Costumes of male consist of scarf around his head, umbrella, shirts and long dress. Quan Ho singing was recognized as intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO on its cultural and traditional values in September 30th, 2009. Read more thing to do in dalat
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