Cham artists perform at the workshop (Source: VNA) Ninh Thuan (VNA) – A workshop was held in the central province ofNinh Thuan on August 8, offering a venue for cultural managers, researchers,and artists to seek ways to preserve and promote musical heritage values of theCham ethnic minority group.
Participants agreed that Cham musical heritage is facing therisk of fading away, as Cham artists are getting older or pass away, while theyoung generation is not passionate with taking over their successors’ roles.
Nong Quoc Thanh, deputy head of the Cultural HeritageDepartment under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said that a lotof workshops on Cham culture have been held, but there has been no in-depth discussionabout the unique values of the Cham musical heritage as well as specificmeasures to preserve the heritage.
At this workshop, researchers stressed the need to step up thecollection, research and identification of the heritage, put Cham music inschools’ curricula, intensify dissemination on the musical heritage, and createfavourable conditions for old artists to pass over their knowledge to youngpeople.
Musician Amu Nhan said that it is necessary to make Chammusic part of the popular music scene serving the society’s demand forentertainment instead of serving only the Cham ethnic community.
The Cham community owns a rich and diverse intangibleculture with 72 ritual and festive activities, including music and dance. Manyof them remain original at present.-VNA
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