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Description	Four generations of master practitioner Võ Thị Vân’s family practice Ví and Giặm sing with Ví and Giặm Folk Songs Group of Ngọc Sơn commune, Thanh Chương district, Nghệ An province, 2013. Photo by Nguyễn Ngọc Quyết; © 2013 Viet Nam Institute of Culture and Arts Studies.
Place	Ví and Giặm Folk Songs of Nghệ Tĩnh exist in Nghệ An and Hà Tĩnh provinces of North – Central Vietnam.	File Size	11659 KB
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EE00001287 Ví and Giặm Folk Songs of Nghệ Tĩnh
Ví and Giặm songs are sung by a wide range of communities in Nghệ An and Hà Tĩnh Provinces of north-central Viet Nam. Specific songs are sung without instrumental accompaniment while people cultivate rice in the fields, row boats, make conical hats or lull children to sleep. Ví and Giặm lyrics use the specific dialect and linguistic idioms of the Nghệ Tĩnh region and practitioners sing with the particular singing voice of Nghệ Tĩnh people. Many of the songs focus on key values and virtues including respect for parents, loyalty, care and devotion, the importance of honesty and a good heart in the maintenance of village customs and traditions. Singing provides people with a chance to ease hardship while working, to relieve sorrow in their lives, to express feelings of sentiment between men and women, and to exchange feelings of love between unmarried boys and girls.

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