'Nghe An People's Love' through a play promoting Covid-19 prevention and control

The play "The Spirit of Nghe An People" was written by Meritorious Artisan Nguyen Khoa based on materialNghe An folk songsThe play's content is based on the context in Vinh city from the time the first case of SARS-CoV-2 virus appeared to the days when the people of the whole city united and worked together to repel the epidemic.

Scene at the quarantine checkpoint in front of the medical isolation area. Photo: Nghe An Provincial Culture and Sports Center

The play begins with activities at the breakfast restaurant "Pho - crab noodle soup" of Mr. Su and Mrs. Lanh. The time when the epidemic is at risk of enteringVinh City, food services and non-essential goods were forced to stop doing business, most people complied. But taking advantage of her house deep in the alley, Ms. Lanh still secretly sold goods. When she received information that there was a positive case in the ward, this person had complicated epidemiological factors, had been to many places, and ate at many restaurants, Ms. Lanh panicked and gave up the idea of ​​selling.

Mr. Su and his wife and neighbor were discussing measures to prevent the spread of the epidemic when their son, who was working in Laos, illegally entered the country and found his way home. Although his parents loved their son very much, they still persuaded him to declare his health and go into centralized quarantine. A few days later, Mr. Su and his wife went to the quarantine area to visit their son but were stopped at the quarantine checkpoint.

Scene of Vinh City residents supporting frontline forces. Photo: Nghe An Provincial Culture and Sports Center

Here, Mrs. Lanh and her husband witnessed the hard work, hardships, and dangers of the frontline forces and the attention and drastic direction of the Steering Committees at all levels, and the solidarity of the people, so they were truly reassured. Mrs. Lanh spent all the money in her pocket to support the Fund for Prevention and Control.Covid-19 epidemic.

In the play, Meritorious Artist Nguyen Khoa has created dramatic situations, both demonstrating humanistic traditions and affirming the determination in the fight against the pandemic. That is the situation where her son illegally entered the country and returned home, his body haggard and almost exhausted. Following her motherly instinct, Mrs. Lanh ran to hug her son out of pity.

Scene of a female patient saying goodbye to her daughter at the quarantine checkpoint before being admitted to the hospital. Photo: Nghe An Provincial Culture and Sports Center

Mr. Su promptly stopped him, because his son had just returned from a long trip, so he had to keep his distance to prevent the risk of spreading the Covid-19 epidemic. Or the scene of a woman in the quarantine area testing positive for the virus.SARS-CoV-2had to be hospitalized and asked to take her young child with her, because she was worried that no one would take care of her. But the doctors and nurses, especially nurse Hien, insisted on keeping the baby and promised to take good care of her so that the mother could rest assured during treatment.

Then came the situation of receiving the sad news of her mother's death, nurse Hien collapsed, but was encouraged by her colleagues to get up and continue with her duties. The epidemic was raging, on the front line, nurse Hien could not return home to mourn her mother...

The scene of a mother in pain when she had to leave her young child to go to the hospital for treatment due to Covid-19 infection. Photo: Nghe An Provincial Culture and Sports Center

Author Nguyen Khoa has fully exploited the advantages of Nghe Tinh folk songs, especially the Tu Hoa melody and the simple, everyday speech of Nghe people, making the play more intimate, attractive and full of the breath of life. The play was performed by the actors of the Center's Mass Arts Team.CultureThe province set up and recorded the video to widely propagate in people's lives.

“The actors in the Center's Mass Arts Team have made great efforts in their performances to highlight the theme and ideas of the play. At the same time, they highlight the traditional beauty of the people of the homeland expressed through the spirit of solidarity and determination in the work of preventing and fighting the epidemic, as the title of the play is "The Spirit of Nghe An People". Hopefully, the play will be widely disseminated to the public through information channels to promptly contribute to the propaganda to repel the Covid-19 pandemic."

Ms. Vo Thi Thu Hoan - Deputy Director of Nghe An Provincial Cultural Center