| Description |
Communal house gate singing - Nhà tơ singing has existed in large spaces in coastal villages of Quang Ninh province since the 13th century. This type is associated with ancient communal houses such as Trà Cổ communal house, Bầu village communal house, Vạn Ninh communal house (Móng Cái), Quan Lạn communal house, Hà Vực communal house (Vân Đồn), Đầm Hà communal house, Tràng Y communal house (Đầm Hà), My Sơn communal house (Hải Hà).
Communal house gate singing is performed according to the following steps: 1/Drum. 2/Incense Church. 3/Offering incense. 4/Sing tunes. 5/Read more. 6/Recite poetry.7/Thổng. 8/Dồn.. 9/Send letter. 10/Sing and dance. 11/Great stone (Đại thực). 12/Bỏ bộ Sing and dance. 13/Bài bông Sing and dance. 14/Performing music and dancing to four sacred animals.
The content of communal house singing is to praise the national heroes who fought foreign invaders, the pioneers who founded villages and hamlets, and those who have made great contributions to the country and the village.
Singing at the communal house includes 9 melodies: Echo voice, musical scream, drop voice, Huỳnh voice, Giai voice, Phú voice, Xà lam voice (Trù singing), brake voice and Thập nhị tứ hiếu voice; together with 4 dances: Offering dance, sacrificial dance, lamp dance, and cotton dance.
The performance space is a large communal house, with the participation of many people: the singer, the bass player, and the drum beater all stand; beater; The performers wear traditional brown ao dai; Before singing, there are 3 dance songs, the dance team has from 6 to 12 people; In particular, the incense offering dance has 2 songs, the dance to welcome the god to the village communal house (to process him), the dance to offer flowers to celebrate the god, the lamp dance to send him off, the whole dance team dances and sings. |
