Love duet singing in Lim festival (Source: VNA) The annual festival took place on February 8 and9, which fell on the 12th and 13th days of the Lunar New Year. It isbeing held on in Lim town, Noi Due and Lien Bao communes.
The incense-offeringrituals will be organised at localtemples and pagodas during the festival.
The Lim festival contributes to preserving the locality’s traditional culturalvalues and promotes images and tourism potential of Bac Ninh.
Besides Quan Ho singing, Lim Festival is also space forvarious folk games such as traditional wrestling, human chess, cockfighting, earthenwarepot breaking, and bamboo swinging.
Love duet singing was inscribed in the UNESCO'srepresentative list of intangible cultural heritage in September, 2009.
It is an art form combining various elements, includingmusic, lyrics, costume and a unique style of singing the reflects the closerelationship between singers. Performances of love duet songs are made by “lienanh” (brothers) and “lien chi” (sisters), who are ordinary people hailing fromdifferent villages.
The rich and diverse tunes and fine lyrics ofthe songs portray the zest for life and distinctive cultural features of peoplein the region formerly called Kinh Bac.-VNA
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