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Description | The Tai communities live in Son La, Lai Chau, Yen Bai and Dien Bien provinces in the Northwest of Viet Nam. Kin Pang Then is one of Then's important rituals of the Tai people. This is the occasion where the Then master and his followers perform a thanksgiving ritual for the Then god. The ritual includes songs and music that symbolically express the journey of the Then Master to travel to the other world to look for the lost souls of the disciples/clients and to call the souls coming back to their bodies. The film is about the destined ritual Master and his ritual performance with Xoe dance for healing, good luck and well being for the local people. The film demonstrates the spiritual life and religious Then practice of the Tai in Northwestern religion in Viet Nam. | ||
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Manage No | VI00000133 | Running Time | 00:25:17 |
Country | Vietnam | ||
Videos Photographer | Tran Chi Thanh | Year | 2019 |
Place | File Size | 3,095 | |
Definition | File Format | mp4 | |
Copyright | Viet Nam National Institute of Culture and Arts Studies (VICAS), ICHCAP | - |
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Then Rituals of the Tày
Then means Heaven - Sky, a song passed down by the gods. Then is a cultural activity associated with spiritual rituals, performed to worship Then to pray for peace, relieve drought, bless, wish for the new year, cure illness, or used in ceremonies to pray for good harvests, entering a new house, and granting honor., etc performed by Then masters. Therefore, Then forms a fundamental part of the spiritual life of the Tày and Nùng people in Thai Nguyen province. The person who makes Then must be knowledgeable about customs. Mr. Then and Mrs. Then are always respected in the community. The tune consists of two lines: Then Literature and Then Martial. The music in Then is rich and lyrical and combined with rhythmic and lively Then dance. Then Dance has three forms: Adoration dance, Slương dance, and ritual dance. The decoration of the ceremony table, offerings, honeysuckle... especially the Then hat is a distinctive feature of the Then ceremony in Định Hóa region. Through Then music, the community conveys its wishes for life. Attached to Then is the lute - the Heavenly organ, a bridge between heaven and earth. It can be affirmed that the Then ritual is a special performance environment, preserving traditional cultural values of music, dance, singing, costumes, cuisine, shaping, beliefs, etc.
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Practices of Then by Tày, Nùng and Thái ethnic groups in Viet Nam
Then a ritual practice indispensable in Tày, Nùng and Thái ethnic groups' spiritual life, reflects concepts about human beings, natural world and the universe (the Earth realm, the 3-layer Heaven realm). Then ceremonies describe a journey in which Then Master (Male/Female) controls ghost soldiers travelling from the Earth realm to the Heaven realm, the residing place of the gods, to offer worshipping items and show their praying requests for peace, bad luck relief, illness treatment, good crops, new house inauguration, initiation/title-conferring ritual (cấp sắc), blessings and happy new year. Then Masters start the journey by singing and plucking the tính lute (two or three-string lute). Depending on worshipping purposes, Then Masters will arrange worshipping trays to pray different native Gods, among whom Ngoc Hoang is the highest God. Then Masters often use a summoning tablet, a seal, a demon-expelling sword, a yin and yang rod, a bell, a fan and items such as pork, chicken, wine, rice, fruits and votive papers to perform Then ceremonies in the believer’s house, outdoor or at Then altar of the Master’s house. While practising, Then Master wears ceremonial dress, sings the language of his ethnic group and plays the tính lute, shakes the chùm xóc nhạc (rattle-bells), waves a fan. In some ceremonies, a female dancing group will accompany. Then rituals performances express Tày, Nùng and Thái’s cultural identities, from customs to musical instruments, dance and music. Then is always transmitted orally while its rituals are being conducted, reflecting the succession between generations.
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