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The project: To preserve and promote “Don Ca Tai Tu” (traditional improvisational chamber music of Southern Vietnam) effectively
Date: 19/11/2020

After “Don Ca Tai Tu” was recognized by UNESCO as the representative intangible cultural heritage of humanity, Can Tho city has launched a project to preserve and promote “Don Ca Tai Tu” (traditional improvisational chamber music of Southern Vietnam) in Can city, period 2016-2020. After 5 years of implementation, many good ideas and methods have helped preserve and promote this traditional art form.
“Don Ca Tai Tu” performances at Cai Rang floating market in the program "The artistes from the river region".

The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Can Tho city has printed and published thousands of publications, leaflets, handbooks, and made videos introducing the art of “Don Ca Tai Tu” in Can Tho. Furthermore, Can Tho has organized 138 exhibitions and displays, including documentary books, methodology, pictures, musical instruments of “Don Ca Tai Tu” associated with the cultural and tourism events in the provinces and cities of the country. The work of training, improving the quality and the number of artists, opening vocational classes,... is effectively implemented. In particular, the program “The artistes from the river region”, organized by the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism in cooperation with Can Tho Radio and Television Station from 2019 up to now, has received the attention from many audiences and fans.

Most importantly, the “Don Ca Tai Tu” artistes always strive to increase the number of practitioners and improve the quality of their clubs. Currently, there are 263 “Don Ca Tai Tu” clubs in Can Tho city, with over 2,200 artists, an increase of 93 clubs compared to the period before the implementation of the project.


Source: Can Tho Newspaper - Translated by Hoang Dat



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