(Cinet) – Press seminar informed the ceremony to honour Vi – Giam folk song as intangible cultural heritage of humanity on the morning of December 25 at Ministry of Culture,Sports and Tourism.
The central provinces of Nghe An and Ha Tinh will co-host a programme on January 31 to honour the local Vi-Giam folk singing which was inscribed as part of humanity’s intangible cultural heritage in November.
At the same time, the provinces will promote the popularization of the singing via schools and the media while developing a network of singing clubs, she said, adding that policies will be devised to honour and support folk artists. Vice Chairwoman of the Nghe An provincial People’s Committee Dinh Thi Le Thanh said local authorities from the two provinces will work together to outline a project preserving and promoting the folk singing in 2015-2020 with a vision to 2020-2030.
Vi-Giam became the ninth Vietnamese cultural practice winning UNESCO’s intangible heritage status. The other eight practices recognised by UNESCO are Hue ‘s royal court music, Gong space culture in Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands), the northern province of Bac Ninh’s love duet singing, the Giong festival, Ca Tru ceremonial singing, Xoan singing, Don Ca Tai Tu music and the worship of Hung Kings.
Đăng ký: VietNam News
