The central provinces of Nghe An and Ha Tinh will co-host a programme onJanuary 31 to honour the local Vi-Giam folk singing which was inscribedas part of humanity’s intangible cultural heritage in November.
The programme will be broadcast live on Vietnam Television (VTV1 andVTV4), the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced at a pressconference in Hanoi on December 25.
ViceChairwoman of the Nghe An provincial People’s Committee Dinh Thi LeThanh said local authorities from the two provinces will work togetherto outline a project preserving and promoting the folk singing in2015-2020 with a vision to 2020-2030.
At the sametime, the provinces will promote the popularization of the singing viaschools and the media while developing a network of singing clubs, shesaid, adding that policies will be devised to honour and support folkartists.
Vi-Giam folk singing was officiallyrecognised by UNESCO as part of the intangible cultural heritage ofhumanity at the 9th session of its Inter-governmental Committee for theSafeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Paris onNovember 27.
This type of folksinging is popular in nearly 260 villages in the central provinces ofNghe An and Ha Tinh. The two provinces have 51 singing clubs with over800 vocalists, many of whom are actively preserving the folk music.
There are an estimated 15 tunes of Vi and 8 airs of Giam, reflectingthe work, cultural life and feelings of residents in the central coastalprovinces.
Vi-Giam became the ninth Vietnamesecultural practice winning UNESCO’s intangible heritage status. The othereight practices recognised by UNESCO are Hue 's royal court music,Gong space culture in Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands), the northernprovince of Bac Ninh's love duet singing, the Giong festival, Ca Truceremonial singing, Xoan singing, Don Ca Tai Tu music and the worship ofHung Kings.-VNA