More on the Festival of Hát Xẩm of the northern provinces 2019 in Ninh Bình Dec 3-4

From: Vsg [mailto:vsg-bounces@mailman11.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Nhan

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To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>

Subject: [Vsg] more on the Festival of Hát Xẩm of the northern provinces 2019 in Ninh Bình Dec 3-4

More on the Festival of Hát Xẩm of the northern provinces 2019, co-organized by

-- The Ninh Bình Office of Culture and Sports

-- Local Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Cục Văn hoá cơ sở, Bộ Văn hoá, Thể thao, Du lịch)

-- Center for Research, Preservation and Advancement of Vietnamese Folk Music

with 150 artists from 8 provinces (Hà Nội, Quảng Ninh, Vĩnh Phúc, Nam Định, Ninh Bình, Thái Bình, Thanh Hóa, plus Hồ Chí Minh City and Nghệ An).

Each troupe is to perform 3 songs, each song 15 minutes, with at least: a Xẩm song with original lyrics, and a song with modern lyrics.

The organizers presented 5 "A" prizes (20 million đồng each), 5 "B" prizes (15 million đồng each), 5 "C" prizes (10 million each), and 30 "consolation" prizes, valued almost half a billion đồng about ($21,600.00).

Partial list of participating Xẩm troupes/mats:

1. nhóm Xẩm Xuân Hoạch (Hà Nội),

2. CLB Dân ca Làng Mọc Quan Nhân (Hà Nội),

3. Chiếu Xẩm Hải Thành (Hội Văn Nghệ dân gian Hải Phòng),

4. Câu lạc bộ Còn Duyên (Vĩnh Phúc),

5. Câu lạc bộ Xẩm dân gian Đất Việt (Quận 9, thành phố Hồ Chí Minh),

6. nhóm Văn nghệ Quỳnh Phụ (Thái Bình),

7. Trung tâm văn hóa tỉnh Nam Định,

8. Xẩm troupe Nguyễn Văn Tiến, Sở Văn hóa Thể thao tỉnh Quảng Ninh,

9. Nhóm Xẩm Mê Linh (Hà Nội)

10. dự án Chèo 48h (Hà Nội), etc.

B. General Information, partial listing

1. Lao động

https://laodong.vn/van-hoa/lien-hoan-hat-xam-khu-vuc-phia-bac-ninh-binh-2019-770093.ldo

2. VOV World

https://vovworld.vn/vi-VN/van-hoa/khai-mac-lien-hoan-hat-xam-khu-vuc-phia-bac-ninh-binh-2019-807532.vov

3. NinhBinhTV

https://youtu.be/fRxVvb7tixc

4. The Reed Conference and Performance Center

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3tY22lFDrI

5. Hà Nội mới

https://hanoimoi.com.vn/tin-tuc/Van-hoa/950358/15-cau-lac-bo-tham-gia-lien-hoan-hat-xam-khu-vuc-phia-bac-2019

6. Báo điện tử Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam

http://dangcongsan.vn/tu-tuong-van-hoa/15-cau-lac-bo-tham-gia-lien-hoan-hat-xam-cac-tinh-phia-bac-542935.html

7. Báo Tài Nguyên Môi trường

https://baotainguyenmoitruong.vn/khai-mac-lien-hoan-cac-clb-hat-xam-khu-vuc-phia-bac-nam-2019-296515.html

8. The People's Committee of Ninh Bình

http://vhtt.ninhbinh.gov.vn/bai-viet/lien-hoan-hat-xam-cac-tinh-khu-vuc-phia-bac-tinh-ninh-binh-nam-2019.html

9. Xẩm troupe Nguyễn Văn Tiến of Quảng Ninh Province won the top 3 prizes: Prize A for Dạt nước cánh bèo "A fern in the turbulent stream", and two prizes C for Hạ Long thần tiên "The Fairyworld of Hạ Long Bay" and Mục hạ vô nhân "Nobody worths anything under my eyes"

http://baoquangninh.com.vn/van-hoa/201912/quang-ninh-dat-3-giai-tai-lien-hoan-hat-xam-cac-tinh-phia-bac-nam-2019-2463211/

Best,

Ngô Thanh Nhàn

Center for Vietnamese Philosophy, Culture and Society

Temple University