| Description |
Cnắng cọô Singing is longstanding and popular musical form among the Sán Chí people in Kiên Lao Commune, Lục Ngan District, Bắc Giang Province. In general, Cnắng cọô is an alternating singing whose lyrics mostly use the poetry form of seven-character four-line curtailed verses, known as thất ngôn tứ tuyệt in Vietnamese. Folk singing of Sán Chí people can take many forms, such as Chục cọô day singing (in festival, during farming or at the market), Cnắng coộ night singing (at home or in the courtyard), Chắu cọô wedding singing, Zoóng hòô cọô name changing singing (in initiation rite for young men) and Cáp chay cọô fortune-telling singing. There are some thousand songs recorded by the elderly in the communities in Kiên Lao Commune. Besides traditional songs passed down from generations to generations, Sán Chí people also improvise and compose new lyrics during singing with their fellow singers, especially during farming, at the markets, wedding and other public gatherings. |
