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Nhan Dan
Online - An exhibition of traditional music instruments from
Vietnamese ethnic groups will be held in Hanoi from January
29 to February 3, 2009, according to the Ministry of
Culture, Sports and Tourism.
According to
Tu Manh Luong, director of the Vietnam Exhibition Centre,
the exhibition is part of activities to mark the 80th
founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and
the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.
This is the
first exhibition on musical instruments of this scale, which
aims to introduce to visitors the diversity of Vietnamese
musical instruments, so as to hail the traditional culture
of Vietnam and preserve the traditional instruments in the
community’s spiritual life.
The visitors
can see on display on an 800sq.m area hundreds of Vietnamese
traditional music instruments, including monochord, bamboo
flute, two-chord guitar, 16-chord zither and drums from
northern delta and midland provinces as well as unique music
instruments of northern mountainous provinces such as
cymbals and bamboo panpipe. The instruments come from five
main cultural regions of Vietnam, namely northern delta,
northern mountainous region, central coastal area, Central
highlands and southern Vietnam.
A special area
will be reserved for musical instruments of the four types
of arts recognized by UNESCO as world cultural heritage,
including Gong Music, Court Music, Ca Tru and Quan Ho folk
song. During the exhibition, a performance of traditional
music instruments, a contest for young players and an
exchange between outstanding ethnic minority students will
be held.
The exhibition
is co-organised by the Vietnam Ethnic Minorities Culture
Museum, the National Music Conservatory, and the Vietnam
Exhibition Centre.
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