National fest honours art of ca tru singing

More than 140 artists from 23 ca tru (ceremonial singing) clubs nationwide will perform in the National Ca Tru Festival in Hanoi on October 13-16.

Sunday, October 09, 2011 20:15

More than 140 artists from 23 ca tru (ceremonial singing) clubsnationwide will perform in the National Ca Tru Festival in Hanoi onOctober 13-16.

The artists will compete in fourcategories: hat cua dinh (singing at communal house in villages), hatcua quyen (singing at royal palaces), hat choi (singing in homes) andhat thi (head-to-head competition).

The festival'sdirector, Dang Hoanh Loan, expressed hopes that the festival will helpartists develop a deeper understanding of this cultural tradition.

Pham Minh Huong, deputy director of Vietnam Institute of Musicology,said the festival aimed to encourage the artists to develop the artforminto the future.

Many of the artists performing at thefestival are candidates for the honour of People's Artist andMeritorious Artist from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism,noted Nguyen Kim Dung from the Department of Cultural Heritage.

The performances will take place at the Vietnam Institute of Musicologyin the My Dinh area, 12km west of downtown Hanoi . A seminar onpreserving and promoting ca tru will be held on Oct. 13.

The festival and seminar are part of the National Action Programme forprotecting and developing the ca tru heritage, which was recognised byUNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Mankind in 2009. /.

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