| Description |
Lượn Cọi Singing is a typical folk song of the Tay people describing nature, people, villages, and the customs and habits of the Tay people. Lượn Cọi Singing is a love song genre with a rich language of images and profound comparisons. The Lượn Cọi Singing is one of the secret communication channels of the Tay people. It can be said that the Tay people's way of behaving is vividly and subtly expressed through Luon Coi songs.
Lượn Cọi Singing has its own characteristics that cannot be confused with any other song. The difference is most obvious in the humming (ơ…ơ…ơi…ới) before entering the song. Lượn Cọi Singing is best when sung by a man and a woman, and the humming ơ…ơ…ơi…ới will be repeated before the next person enters the song. To be able to sing Coi songs well, the singer must breathe strongly, know how to listen to the rhythm and practice diligently. The only musical instrument that can accompany the Coi lyrics is the flute. However, nowadays, there are very few artists who know how to play the flute skillfully to accompany Coi singing.
The lyrics are full of love with a language rich in images that vividly and subtly express the behavior of the Tay people. Through the Coi lyrics, we can see the rich spiritual life of the Tay ethnic group. Many Luon Coi songs, each sentence and paragraph of Luon reflects the cultural identity of the Tay people in the behavior between people, people and nature, children and parents, love for homeland, country, love between men and women, solidarity, and harmonious lifestyle of people in Tay villages and hamlets. |
