| Description |
Trống quân singing (i.e. folk singing with drums) usually takes place on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month every year. This kind of folk singing is sung not only for entertainment, love exchange during the leisure time of agricultural seasons, but also for prediction of the weather for the upcoming work by watching the moon and stars. Trống quân singing of Liêm Thuận commune has its own characteristics of the people living in lowland fields. Due to their life attached to water, they need to communicate on the water. As a result, water culture is created and Trống quân singing is taken to perform on boats and becomes a cultural beauty of this land |
| Social and cultural significance |
Trống quân singing was originally a form of alternating singing of ancient Việt people in the Red River delta. Thus, this art is a social practice (exchange between men and women). Thanks to its vitality, Trống quân singing of Liêm Thuận has played an important part in the spiritual life of the communities. Its own identity is singing folk songs with drums on a boat, which is different from Trống quân singing of other regions. It is considered a form of performance dedicated to the God on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month every year. |
| Transmission method |
Trống quân singing is transmitted orally and practiced on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month every year |
| Community |
Communities of Liêm Thuận commune, Thanh Liêm district, Hà Nam province practice the element. |
