Vi-Dam Folk Singing Festival to seek UNESCO recognition
A national Vi-Dam Folk Singing Festival has been taking place in the central city of Vinh City since 23 June.
A national Vi-Dam Folk Singing Festival is being held in Vinh City, starting from June 23, 2025.
The festival showcases over 20 top Vi-Dam singing clubs from the Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces, along with performances from local and national artists across various genres, attracting thousands of locals and tourists alike.
This three-day festival is collaboratively organized by the People’s Committees of Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces to ensure the preservation of this thousand-year-old folk music. The event also aims to prepare a nomination dossier for UNESCO recognition of Vi-Dam as part of the World Intangible Heritage.
Vi-Dam singing, a genre of folk music from the central provinces of Nghe An and Ha Tinh, captures the working and cultural lives of residents in the coastal regions. This invaluable cultural heritage features vocalists engaging in a dynamic call and response pattern. In recent years, a revival of this art form has been propelled by approximately 50 clubs with nearly 20,000 members in Nghe An and Ha Tinh who are passionately dedicated to its preservation.
Vietnam currently boasts 6 UNESCO World Intangible Heritage titles, including Hue’s royal court music, the Space of Gong Culture in the Central Highlands, Bac Ninh’s love duet singing, the Giong Festival, Ca Tru ceremonial singing, and Xoan singing.
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