Opening of the 1st Southern Amateur Music Festival, Ca Mau Province

This is also one of the activities of the 2nd Ca Mau Crab Festival in 2025.

Opening ceremony of the 1st Southern Amateur Music Festival, Ca Mau province - 2025.

The 1st Southern Amateur Music Festival, Ca Mau Province, 2025, gathered nearly 100 amateur musicians and artists from amateur music teams from provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta region such as An Giang , Tay Ninh, Vinh Long provinces, and Can Tho city.

In particular, this is also an opportunity to commend achievements, create conditions for artisans, artists, amateur musicians, and amateur singers who are active in the Don ca tai tu clubs of the provinces and cities of the Mekong Delta to meet, exchange, and learn experiences to improve their professional skills in order to preserve and develop the Don ca tai tu movement in each locality. Thereby, strengthening the relationship of solidarity and cohesion in the community of people who love this traditional art form.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Mr. Nguyen Quoc Thanh, Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Ca Mau province, said that Southern amateur music is a traditional music genre that was formed and developed in the late 19th century, originating from the Hue royal court music . With the talent and intelligence of the previous generation of artisans, it has been created and transformed into a unique, attractive, fresh and vibrant folk art form.

Mr. Nguyen Quoc Thanh, Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Ca Mau province, spoke at the opening ceremony.

The activities of Don ca tai tu take place in many diverse and rich forms; the sounds of instruments and songs resound from families and villages; from cities to remote, isolated rural areas; and in encounters with talented men and beautiful women. More humanely, the art of Don ca tai tu has joined the resistance war to protect the country to harmonize with "singing that drowns out the sound of bombs"; "one hand playing the instrument, one hand shooting", or with the far-reaching tones in the work of building and innovating the homeland and country today.

After more than 2 centuries of formation and development, the art of Southern amateur music still retains its value and develops strongly in the local cultural and artistic movement, is a unique feature, deeply ingrained in the cultural life of the Southern people in general and the people of Ca Mau in particular.

According to the Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Ca Mau province, the organization of the 1st expanded Southern Amateur Music Festival in 2025 aims to contribute to honoring and promoting the quintessence and values of the intangible cultural heritage of Southern Amateur Music recognized by UNESCO, demonstrating the unique characteristics in the cultural and spiritual life of people in the Southern river region, maintaining healthy cultural and artistic activities, increasing the diversity, richness and practical effectiveness of the cultural and artistic movement at the grassroots level...

The amateur music teams performed their performances after the opening ceremony.

Immediately after the opening ceremony, the Don ca tai tu teams of An Giang province; Can Tho city and Ca Mau 1 province performed the following performances: Nam, Bac, Ha, Oan; vong co: Beat 4, beat 8, beat 16, beat 32... with the content praising the Party, Uncle Ho, the heroic revolutionary tradition of the nation, love for the homeland and country; praising the achievements in the renovation and economic - cultural - social development of the locality and the Mekong Delta region; setting typical examples of good people and good deeds in building a healthy cultural living environment in each locality.

The closing ceremony and award ceremony of the 1st Southern Amateur Music Festival of Ca Mau Province in 2025 will take place on the evening of November 15, 2025 at the National Historical Site of the Cao Van Lau Musician Memorial Site, Bac Lieu Ward, Ca Mau Province.

Source: https://congluan.vn/khai-mac-lien-hoan-nghe-thuat-don-ca-tai-tu-nam-bo-tinh-ca-mau-mo-rong-lan-thu-i-nam-2025-10317693.html