Rope walking and under-rope performances are a genre of folk-spectacular art and have deep history. Some written sources testify that in the palace of Amir Temur magnificent performances were staged with participation of ropewalkers. There is also information that Uzbek ropewalkers demonstrated in the past (i.e. in XVIII- XIX centuries) their skills in China, India, Afghanistan, Iran, Russia and other countries. But with a lapse of time rope walking developed significantly, so that ropes began to be mounted on a much higher height. Later rope walking began to be performed in circus arenas and became an integral part of circus art. Notably, the performances of ropewalkers were always combined with those of polvons (strongmen), illusionists, dancers, qiziqchi and askiyachi (comedians and wisecrackers) as well as with traditional circus-related performances (such as walking on stilts, tricks, acrobatics, equilibristic, legerdemain; tamed bears, snakes, monkeys, horses, goats, etc.).

Quan ho Bac Ninh performance at Llim festival

Quan ho Bac Ninh perfomance at Lim hill

Quan ho Bac Ninh singing on boat

A traditional kind of cookie prepared with flour, sugar and oil. Orzuk is a special cookie for traditional holidays and celebrations.

A traditional kind of cookie prepared with flour, sugar and oil. Orzuk is a special cookie for traditional holidays and celebrations.

Skills of cooking a kind of soup with pasta, beef, oil and vegetables.

A kind of thin bread similar to lavash baked in the tanur – national oven. Chap-poti is a popular bread of the tableclothes of holidays, celebrations and weddings.

Skills of cooking of gam with juice of grape, or mulberry, melon.\n

Cầu river

The house which once held Quan họ period singing (Viêm Xá village, Bắc Ninh city, Bắc Ninh province)

One sitting style of an old pair of practitioners