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During spring each year, an old village patriarch Vo Lang from Hong Kim Commune of A Luoi District in Thua Thien-Hue Province can be seen repairing or making a khen be, a traditional music instrument of the Ta Oi ethnic minority community. Village patriarch Vo Lang making a khen be from a la tree. (Photo: Sggp) [...]
HCMC’s Student Cultural House will hold a Vietnamese traditional music program this weekend. Titled “Traditional Music Exchange Program”, the event will feature performances of well-known local artists including dan tranh (sixteen stringed zither) artist Hai Phuong, Outstanding Artist couple Dinh Linh and Tuyet Mai, the traditional music band from the HCMC Conservatory of Music, Phu [...]
The Vietnamese Institute of Musicology proposed a VND3.5 billion ($170,000) plan to preserve ca tru, a Vietnamese traditional music genre, at a meeting in Hanoi yesterday. Under the plan, the institute will publish two CD-book collections of ca tru songs and organize classes in major cities such as Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Hai [...]