Chèo – Vietnamese traditional stage art in Ninh Bình province\n\nChèo was traditionally performed by Vietnamese peasants who shared a passion for folk art and they often sung Chèo tunes together in their free time.

Chèo – Vietnamese traditional stage art in Ninh Bình province\n\nClubs of folklore and Chèo singing in such communes as Yên Nhân, Yên Phong (Yên Mô district); Gia Trung, Liên Sơn (Gia Viễn district); Khánh Hồng, Khánh Cường, Khánh Nhạc, Khánh Trung, Yên Ninh town (Yên Khánh district) have paid much attention to safeguard and promote ancient Chèo tunes.\n\n

Chèo – Vietnamese traditional stage art in Ninh Bình province

Chèo – Vietnamese traditional stage art in Ninh Bình province\n\nClubs of folklore and Chèo singing in such communes as Yên Nhân, Yên Phong (Yên Mô district); Gia Trung, Liên Sơn (Gia Viễn district); Khánh Hồng, Khánh Cường, Khánh Nhạc, Khánh Trung, Yên Ninh town (Yên Khánh district) have paid much attention to safeguard and promote ancient Chèo tunes.

Chèo – Vietnamese traditional stage art in Ninh Bình province\n\nChèo was traditionally performed by Vietnamese peasants who shared a passion for folk art and they often sung Chèo tunes together in their free time. \n

Chèo – Vietnamese traditional stage art in Ninh Bình province\n\nTraditional Chèo was usually performed outdoors on a square mat in the village communal house yard during entertaining events, serving peasants and their family members after work.

Chèo – Vietnamese traditional stage art in Ninh Bình province\n\nClubs of folklore and Chèo singing in such communes as Yên Nhân, Yên Phong (Yên Mô district); Gia Trung, Liên Sơn (Gia Viễn district); Khánh Hồng, Khánh Cường, Khánh Nhạc, Khánh Trung, Yên Ninh town (Yên Khánh district) have paid much attention to safeguard and promote ancient Chèo tunes.\n\n

Chèo – Vietnamese traditional stage art in Ninh Bình province\n\nEach Chèo tune has its own typical characteristics to depict character expressions either joyfulness or satirical humour, for example Hát sắp, Hát sắp song loan,…. \nThe tunes that are of lyrical and romantic characteristics include Sa lệch chênh, Đường trường tiếng đàn, Đường trường bắn thước, Tình thư hạ vị, Nhịp đuổi…, which convey messages, promises, and delicate expressions of love. The tune Sa lệch xếp expressing optimism and pride is performed while working and moving on.

Kazakhstan artist Nurlybek Tolegen considers the National Dombra Day to be one of the most significant people's holiday. \nA lot of individual artists and dombra professional and folk orchestra conducted the concert performance at central popular public places in Almaty and Nur Sultan. \nThe Dombra is a musical two-stringed instrument, which occupies a special place in Kazakhs’ hearts. The National Dombyra Day has been included in the list of national holidays since 2018 by the decree of the President of Kazakhstan. This was done in in order to further consolidate society around the idea of preserving and reviving national culture and identity. The holiday is celebrated annually on the first Sunday of July.\nKazakhstan’s First President Nursultan Nazarbayev established National Dombra Day on June 12th, 2018. It immediately became a favorite holiday for people and was widely celebrated nationwide with music competitions and festivals.\nDombra belongs to the main symbols of the Kazakh musical heritage and culture. This tool invariably unites people of different professions, religions and nationalities in Kazakhstan. You can meet dombra today in almost every home.\nNone of events in the life of the people could happen without this national musical instrument. Respect for dombra is passed down from generation to generation. So it was in the nomads ancienty and remains up to present days. Interest in dombra, as well as its popularity, is not fading away. Today, an increasing number of young people masterfully own this instrument.