15 localities attend the 2014 National Ca Tru Festival

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has just assigned the National Academy of Music to organize the 2014 National Ca Tru Festival.

The festival is expected to take place in August in Hanoi, with guilds and ca tru clubs from 15 provinces and cities with ca tru heritage such as: Hanoi, Bac Ninh, Ha Tinh, Hai Duong...

Although the cradle of ca tru is the Northern Delta and the Central region, this festival has the participation of a southern locality, Ho Chi Minh City.

In 2005, the first National Ca Tru Festival was held in Ha Tinh. Since then, the cultural sector has organized the Ca Tru Festival four times. In 2009, Ca Tru was recognized as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, but was classified as needing urgent protection. However, at present, Ca Tru still faces many difficulties in preserving and promoting its value.

According to NDDT