Son La has 12 ethnic groups living together, each with its own cultural identity. Therefore, the musical art of the ethnic groups is also extremely rich, colorful, with different types and forms of performance and plays an important role in the cultural and spiritual life of each community, expressing the thoughts and feelings of people in life.
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Regarding musical instruments, the Thai ethnic group has various types of pi (pi pap, pi thiu, pi tam lay...), khen be, tinh tau, drums, and gongs. The Mong ethnic group has flutes, khenes, and jew's harps. The Kho Mu ethnic group has linh cymbals, monkey gongs, hun may, and tang bang. The Muong people have pi le, drums, cymbals, and gongs. The Dao people have bells, trumpets, and...
Folk songs are also very rich and diverse, such as: All songs, love duet songs, and han khuong songs of the Thai people; lullabies, and mourning songs of the Mong people, or pao dung songs of the Dao people... Although there are differences in melody, lyrics, and performance forms, folk songs all have content that aims at good values, promoting the spirit of work, creativity, the meaning of life, behavior between people, between people and nature, praising love, the beauty of the homeland, villages... Folk music of all ethnic groups not only has artistic value, but is also a driving force to help people love life more, work enthusiastically in production, and build their homeland.
Meritorious artist Lu Hong Xua, who is considered a "big tree" in the art of playing and making Khen Be in Muong Vat, Yen Chau, shared: Music is considered the soul in the cultural life of the Thai ethnic community. Nowadays, folk music has changed a lot, Thai ethnic people perform xoe dances and singing on new and vibrant electronic music. However, our generation always strives for traditional values and strives to teach our children how to play Khen Be, blow pi, and play gongs, so that the national cultural values will live forever.
Faced with the challenges of the times for traditional culture, Son La province has implemented many solutions to promote national cultural identity, especially folk music. In 2022, the Provincial People's Committee issued the Project "Preserving and promoting the values of folk songs, folk dances, and folk music of ethnic minorities in Son La province associated with tourism development" for the period 2022-2030, with 8 tasks. The focus is on promoting the role of cultural entities in preserving and promoting the values of folk songs, folk dances, and folk music of ethnic minorities; honoring good traditional cultural values; encouraging the creation of new cultural values; linking economic development with preserving and promoting the values of folk songs, folk dances, and folk music of ethnic minorities. At the same time, increase investment, promote socialization of cultural activities, preserve and promote the values of folk songs, folk dances, and folk music of ethnic minorities in Son La.
Meritorious Artist Pham Hong Thu, Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said: Implementing the Project, in 2023, the Department coordinated with localities in the province to organize 12 training courses to improve the capacity of more than 500 trainees who are cultural officials of communes, village chiefs, artisans, and art cores in the management, preservation and promotion of the values of folk performing arts of ethnic minorities. At the same time, support was given to develop folk performing arts programs, restore some typical folk songs, folk dances, and folk music to serve the experience of tourists at tourist areas, tourist attractions and community tourism villages.
Currently, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism is consulting with the province to develop mechanisms and policies; focusing on artisans who play an important role in teaching cultural values. Deploying digital data on folk songs, folk dances, folk music and other traditional heritages of ethnic minorities, serving the work of conservation, scientific research, teaching and propaganda, promotion and tourism development.
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