Vietnam’s folk singing revived with UN recognitionVietNamNet Bridge – Six years ago, Vietnamese xoan singing joined the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) list of intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent safeguarding during its 2011 meeting in Bali, Indonesia. “Xoan singing was largely absent in many places I went back then to conduct my study. Xoan singing is practised in Phu Tho, often during the first two months of the lunar year. There are three forms of Xoan singing: worship singing for the Hung kings and village guardian spirits; ritual singing for good crops, health and luck and festival singing where villagers alternate male and female voices in a form of courtship. Bai Choi (Folk Singing) nominated as Cultural Heritage.

Source: VietNamNet News December 06, 2017 07:52 UTC