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      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2016 21:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Nha nhac, Vietnamese Court Music]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[On November 7, 2003, UNESCO bestowed world heritage status on 28 relics of nations as masterpieces of oral and intangible heritage of humanity. Among the 11 masterpieces of Asia, nha nhac (royal music) represents the first intangible legacy of Viet Nam to have been put on this list.&nbsp;

The UNESCO Council appraised Vietnamese royal music in the following terms: “Vietnamese royal music represents an elegant and refined music. It deals with the music performed in the imperial courts and on...]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Ca Tru]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Young people now enjoy new music that comes to them from the radio, television, audio and video tapes, as well as compact discs. So, do they still show any attachment to the old folk tunes so loved by their elders, such as the melodies of ca tru? Ca tru is a musical genre that calls for expertise as well as sensibility on the part of the listeners. In return, it provides the most refined enjoyment.&nbsp;

Fortunately,&nbsp;ca tru&nbsp;is now being restored and is more liked by the younger...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2016 21:24:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Quan Ho]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The birth place of quan ho folk songs is Bac Ninh Province. During village festivals, which are held every year, particularly in spring, young men and women gather in the yard of a communal house or pagoda, on a hill or in a rowing boat, and sing quan ho. This is a style of singing where songs alternate from group to group.&nbsp;

Quan ho&nbsp;singing is a folk art of a highly collective nature. Those who sing are not entertainers, but all are part of the performance, and anyone is welcome to...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2016 21:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Cheo or Vietnamese Popular Theatre]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Cheo is a form of stage performance that originated in the northern countryside. The word cheo means “lyrics of folk ballads, proverbs”.&nbsp;

Traditionally,&nbsp;cheo&nbsp;was composed orally by anonymous authors. Today's playwrights compose&nbsp;cheo&nbsp;along traditional lines. The characters in the plays sing time-tested popular melodies with words suited to modern circumstances. Human rights and the battle of good against evil are common themes. The joyfulness and optimism...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2016 21:19:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Water Puppets]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Vietnamese water puppetry has a long history. An inscription on a stone stele in Doi Pagoda, Duy Tien District, Nam Ha Province, relates a water puppet show staged in the year 1121 to mark a birthday of King Ly Nhan Tong in 4036 words.&nbsp;

Puppets are made of wood and coated with waterproof paint. Each puppet is handmade, has its own posture and expresses a certain character. The most outstanding puppet is known as&nbsp;chu teu&nbsp;which has a round face and a humorous and optimistic smile....]]></description>
         <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2016 21:19:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Cai Luong]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Cai luong is a kind of folk music that developed in the early 20th century. It was first played by amateurs in the south. Thanks to their soft voices, southerners sing cai luong very romantically.&nbsp;

The performance includes dances, songs, and music; the music originally drew its influences from southern folk music. Since then, the music of&nbsp;cai luong&nbsp;has been enriched with hundreds of new tunes. A&nbsp;cai luongorchestra consists mainly of guitars with concave frets and...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2016 21:18:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Classical Opera or Tuong]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Tuong, also called hat boi in the south, is a stage performance that came about during the Ly-Tran dynasties and that became very popular nationwide during the following centuries.&nbsp;
During the Nguyen dynasty, 19th century,&nbsp;tuong&nbsp;occupied a good position in the cultural lives of the royals. In&nbsp;tuong, space and time are captured by songs, dancing, and simple music. In the past,&nbsp;tuong&nbsp;did not require any elaborate stage accessories; now, however backdrops and make-up...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2016 21:17:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Then Song]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The then song is the religious music of the Tay, Nung minorities. This type of song can be considered a religious performance of Long Poems which depict a journey to the heavens to ask the Jade Emperor to settle trouble for the head of the household.&nbsp;

Long Poems consist of several chapters with different contents and lengths. The longest poem ever collected was 4,949 sentences with 35 chapters. Thethen&nbsp;song is a general performance of music, singing, dancing, and making gestures in...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2016 21:16:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Hat Van]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Hat van or hat chau van, a traditional folk art which combines singing and dancing, is a religious form of art used for extolling the merits of beneficent deities or deified national heroes. Its music and poetry are mingled with a variety of rhythms, pauses, tempos, stresses and pitches.&nbsp;

Hat van, in essence, is a cantillation where the tunes and rhythm depend on the contents of the sung text. The tunes and rhythms may be linked together into a suite, used in relation to a mythical...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2016 21:16:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Ly Folk Song or Ly Nam Bo]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The ly song is one of the special folk songs of the Vietnamese people. It is sung in the northern, central and southern regions of Viet Nam.&nbsp;

These folk songs, however, are much more developed in the South. The various&nbsp;ly&nbsp;songs of the South contain different subject matters, as well as unique musical characteristics. The&nbsp;ly&nbsp;songs of the South depict the activities of production, emotions, and the thoughts of the people in their daily lives. Animals, plants, flowers,...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2016 21:15:00 +0200</pubDate>
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