The vitality of Vi Giam in contemporary social life
(Baonghean.vn) - From being just folk songs, Vi and Giam melodies by the banyan tree, well, or vows on a cool moonlit night, sweet lullabies from mothers by the cradle, throughout the history of the nation, Vi and Giam folk songs have gradually changed constantly.
In the early days, the performing environment of Vi and Giam folk songs was mainly associated with production labor, agriculture, and handicrafts such as weaving, knitting, carpentry, etc. From just being folk songs, Vi melodies by the banyan tree, well, or vows on a cool moonlit night, sweet lullabies from the mother at the cradle, over the course of the nation's history, Vi and Giam folk songs have gradually changed constantly.
During the resistance war against France and America, Vi and Giam folk songs began to transform fromfolk performanceluxuriousperformance artin the form of storytelling, antiphonal songs, and folk songs in mass cultural movements. Through the memories of musicians and researchers, we can know some typical folk songs and folk songs such as:Corn and potatoes fight, Who is important? Before leaving, the Thunder God falls, Washing clothes at Ben Thuy ferry, The green shirt is more red, the brown shirt is more durable...
Vi and Giam folk songs are also an endless source of inspiration for poets and musicians, from which they have created contemporary musical works, songs, and operas performed on stage. There are many musical works based on the Vi and Giam folk songs that have been very successful, loved by the public, and have become "songs that go with the years" such as:Far away, angry but loving, Looking at the trees, I remember you, At night listening to the ferry boat singing, I remember Uncle Ho, Uncle Ho's words before leaving, In the middle of Moscow, I hear Nghe Tinh folk songs, A heartfelt song of Ha Tinh people, The scent of areca in Uncle Ho's garden, The person who went to build Ke Go lake, The Vi Giam tune is you…
The birth and strong activities of nearly 100 folk song clubs in both Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces today, the success of the Nghe Vi and Giam folk song festivals in recent years are vivid proofs affirming the everlasting value and attraction, spread and sublimation of the "specialty" Vi and Giam culture of Nghe Tinh.
The late Associate Professor Ninh Viet Giao once commented on the Vi and Giam melodies: “… as smooth as silk, as light as silk, warm and melodious from the villages, spreading throughout the fields and trees”. Writer Nguyen Quang Vinh once wrote: “Vi and Giam are therefore the soul of the people of Nghe An: Hard-working but still soaring, poor but still romantic, difficult but still proud, deprived but still dissolute, worried but still leisurely… The sound of the Vi and Giam melodies of Nghe An is like glue, like magic, like storms, like clouds and waves, easy to bury, easy to bury, easy to swirl, addictive, love-making, pity-making, love-making, like “poison” of love…”
“Whoever comes here, please stop in Nghe An.
Whoever goes here, please stop in Nghe An.
Listening to the folk song, the more you listen, the deeper it gets.
Like the Lam River flowing slowly, still holding back joy and sorrow”…
References:
- International scientific conference: "Preserving and promoting the value of folk songs in contemporary society (the case of Nghe Tinh Vi and Giam folk songs)"Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, 2014.
- Vinh City Local Language, Author Duong Xuan Hong (compiler), Vinh University Publishing House.
- About Nghe Tinh folk literature, Associate Professor Ninh Viet Giao, Nghe Tinh Publishing House, 1982.
- Article:“The Vitality Value of Nghe Tinh Vi and Giam Folk Songs”, Tu Thi Loan, Nghe An Culture magazine, May 29, 2015.
