| Description |
Lượn Slương Singing, also known as Lượn Thươn, is a unique form of reciprocal singing of the Tày people. There are two types of Lượn Slương Singing: free singing (love singing) and festival singing (lồng tồng singing). Love singing for young men and women, singing in pairs. Lồng tồng singing is sung on occasions such as harvest festivals, new home celebrations, and weddings. Currently, 900 stanzas of the poem Lượn Slương Love Singing and 280 stanzas of Lượn Slương Lồng tồng Singing have been collected. In Lượn Slương, the best places to hang out are by the fire, on stilt houses, by the stream, next to the market, in the fields, and on the slash fields. There are often one to fifteen singing pairings on each Lượn Slương Singing tour. It is imperative for singing couples to guarantee that their genders, areas of residence (village, commune), and bloodlines are separate. In a duet, the local performer, assuming the character of Lord, will start the song; the visitor, Xiên Lý, participates later. When we haven't sung a verse together yet, we can only address each other as friends. In group singing sessions, there must be a pair of singers first, called a pair of Cốc Lượn. Before they may name each other Cựu, or close friends, this duo must sing the first nine Lượn forms. Only then can they join the Lượn singing session. After that, the remaining pairs get to Lượn. When singing, each stanza has 4 lines, the singer begins reciting the odd line with the word "ơ"; and even sentences with the word “nô”. |
