Nghe Tinh Vi Dam folk songs officially honored by UNESCO

(Baonghean.vn) - At 11:10 p.m. (Vietnam time) on November 27, 2014, in Paris - the capital of the Republic of France, the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO officially honored the Nghe Tinh Vi Giam Folk Songs of Vietnam as a representative intangible cultural heritage of humanity.

Vietnam delegation at the historic moment honoring Nghe Tinh Vi Dam folk songs in Paris.

UNESCO's recognition of Nghe Tinh Vi Giam Folk Songs of Vietnam as a representative intangible cultural heritage of humanity contributes to promoting exchanges between communities, artists and researchers; raising awareness of the importance of intangible cultural heritage at local, national and international levels; strengthening safeguarding measures aimed at supporting communities in transmission and teaching methods, oral transmission as well as in formal education programs will be implemented with the active participation of students, experts, specialized organizations and with the active support of the State.

The joy of the Vietnamese delegation when UNESCO announced Nghe Tinh Vi and Giam folk songs as a representative intangible cultural heritage of humanity

The nomination dossier was developed with the participation of community members, local authorities, specialized organizations and experts. Community members voluntarily nominated and committed to protecting the Nghe Tinh Vi-Giam folk song heritage. The Vietnam Institute of Culture and Arts has been inventorying the Nghe Tinh Vi-Giam folk song heritage since 2012 with the participation and contribution of the community. In 2012, the Nghe Tinh Vi-Giam folk song was decided by the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism to be included in the List of National Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Delegates congratulated the Vietnamese delegation.

The fact that Vietnam's Nghe Tinh Vi-Giam folk songs were recognized by UNESCO as a representative intangible cultural heritage of humanity has demonstrated the vitality of Vietnamese traditional culture in the flow of integration into world culture. This heritage has been widely promoted to the international community; appropriate approaches and practical measures have been drawn up to deploy, preserve and promote the value of Nghe Tinh Vi-Giam folk songs, worthy of the unique humanistic and artistic values ​​of this type of folk song.

Some pictures of folk song performances, Vi and Dam Nghe Tinh at cultural and artistic festivals

Video clip of the historic moment UNESCO honored Nghe Tinh folk songs:

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Nam Thanh

(Email from Paris)

Speaking on this occasion, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Dang Thi Bich Lien said that this is a decision of great significance for Vietnam when a type of folk song in the villages of Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces, closely associated with the daily activities of the people such as farming, making hats, rowing boats, pulling nets, lulling children to sleep, etc., is honored by UNESCO.

The Deputy Minister also said that Vi and Giam folk songs occupy an important position in the cultural and spiritual life of Nghe Tinh people, expressing the cultural identity of the local people, always inherited and promoted by generations in life. Vi and Giam singing is to share, dialogue, exchange, and the common concerns of the community, through which the community is closely connected.

The Deputy Minister also affirmed that Vietnam is clearly aware that from now on, Nghe Tinh Vi and Giam folk songs have become a cultural asset of humanity. Vietnam is committed to implementing an action program to preserve the vitality of this type of folk song and implementing policies to honor artisans to practice, pass on and educate the younger generation, so that the heritage will last forever, worthy of being a representative intangible cultural heritage of humanity.

The above viewpoint was also shared by the leaders of Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces at this historic moment. Mr. Nguyen Thien, Permanent Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Ha Tinh province and Ms. Dinh Thi Le Thanh, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghe An province, both expressed their emotion and pride because the Nghe Tinh Vi Giam folk songs have contributed to enriching and diversifying the intangible cultural heritage of humanity.

The leaders of the two provinces also recognized the heavy responsibility as well as the need to develop a specific plan to continue to preserve and promote the values ​​of the heritage, especially to step up propaganda and promotion so that people as well as authorities at all levels have a deeper awareness of the values ​​of the heritage in order to promote those values, so that the folk songs of Vi and Giam Nghe Tinh will forever exist and contribute positively to the development of cultural identity as well as the sustainable development of the two provinces of Nghe An and Ha Tinh.

For his part, music researcher Tran Quang Hai said he was very proud that after quan ho, hat xoan and don ca tai tu, Nghe Tinh Vi and Giam folk songs were recognized by UNESCO. According to him, Vi and Giam folk songs have lyrics in folk poetry, are a form of antiphonal singing associated with daily activities such as singing on the La River, singing in a rowing boat, etc. The lyrics reveal the poetic nature of Vietnam, namely six-eight or six-eight-six-eight poetry. Many rhythms of Vi and Giam folk songs exude musical language, with rich melodies based on pentatonic and tetratonic scales, showing the richness of Vietnamese folk song genres.

Also at the ninth session, the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee recognized 34 representative intangible cultural heritages of humanity out of a total of 46 nomination dossiers.

In addition to Nghe Tinh Vi and Giam folk songs, UNESCO has also recognized the art of drum performance and acrobatic dance Nongak (Korea), the art of making marbled paper Ebrui (Türkiye), the art of joking Askiya (Uzbekistan), the tradition of Voru steam bath (Estonia), the art of reciting Al-Zajal poetry (Lebanon)... Thus, up to now, 314 types of art have been honored worldwide for this category./.