Nghe Tinh Vi and Giam folk songs - Representative Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, is facing great challenges from the integration and rapid changes of modern musical tastes.
To make these melodies not only memories but also a living part of the community, especially for the young generation, adapting and composing new lyrics is considered a key solution that Nghe An province is implementing to preserve and develop them.
"New clothes" for ancient melodies
In mid-November, Nghe An Province Traditional Arts Center organized a training course on adapting and composing lyrics for Vi and Giam folk songs for 36 artists and art core members of Vi and Giam folk song clubs in the localities.
The aim of the class is to train a generation of "young authors" who are able to compose new lyrics, giving ancient melodies a "new look" with content that reflects the breath of contemporary life. Students are directly instructed by People's Artists and leading musicians.
Mr. Tran Quoc Chung, Director of the Provincial Traditional Arts Center, said: “The training course has been innovated in an in-depth, hands-on manner, focusing on application and creativity, avoiding spreading out theories. The composition content is clearly oriented, focusing on reflecting current and new social issues in the current period, thereby helping folk songs stay close to the breath of life.”
After the training, the artisans, especially those working at the grassroots level, felt updated with in-depth knowledge about club organization, improved practical skills, composing, staging and performing folk songs.
This is also an opportunity for artisans to exchange and learn experiences from lecturers who are famous musicians, artists, and excellent artisans, as well as from other students with the same passion.
Meritorious Artist Nguyen Khoa (Hung Nguyen Vi and Giam Folk Song Club) said: The training course is like a "push" for artists like him to have a new perspective and energy to continue creating new lyrics for Vi and Giam. Students are oriented to compose closely following the breath of contemporary life, reflecting new social issues such as new rural construction, traffic safety, provincial mergers, and streamlining the apparatus...
For young artists, in addition to pride in the intangible cultural heritage representing humanity, they are equipped with language processing techniques, rhythm, and melody to transform poetry or everyday speech into standard, proper folk songs.
They also learn how to make lyrics concise, succinct, easy to remember, easy to learn, yet profound, thereby becoming more aware of their responsibility in preserving and passing on heritage to the younger generation.
Meritorious Artist Le Bich Thuy, Kim Lien Vi and Giam Folk Song Club, expressed that she sees herself not only as a practitioner but also as a teacher, lighting the fire of passion for Vi and Giam in the community. With new lyrics, Vi and Giam will continue to be "refueled" to have sustainable vitality, blending into the contemporary life of Nghe people.
Directly participating in teaching and guiding the training class, People's Artist Nguyen An Ninh said that composing new lyrics must closely follow contemporary life, reflecting current issues, from building new rural areas, protecting the environment, preventing and fighting social evils, to praising the Party and Uncle Ho, but must preserve the character and rustic breath of the original vi and giam.
Composing folk songs is not only a profession but also a responsibility to preserve a part of the soul of Nghe An. Songs are works of art, not resolutions, not slogans, but go into the depth of the revolution. From this training class, many "seeds" have been discovered that can be cultivated for development.
Connecting heritage with modern life
Adapting and composing lyrics is a key solution in the work of preserving "living" heritage, not just preserving artifacts. This activity also helps to preserve the ability to improvise and create new lyrics - the core and most unique characteristic of Vi and Giam. Without the ability to create new lyrics, the heritage will only be fixed songs, losing its inherent vitality.
Composing new lyrics helps Vi and Giam promptly reflect contemporary issues such as new rural construction, administrative reform, environmental protection, urban civilization..., thereby helping heritage become closer to the younger generation and inseparable from life.
After the training course, many high-quality adapted and written works will be selected to be printed into an anthology, creating a valuable source of documents for heritage preservation and promotion.
Mr. Nguyen Xuan Hieu, Deputy Director of Nghe An Province Traditional Arts Center, said: The success of the training course lies not only in the number of works but more importantly in the maturity in creative thinking of the students. After the course, the students will become the core to spread, continue to guide and nurture new faces at the base; at the same time, directly teach and maintain club activities in the locality, contributing to more strongly promoting the value of Vi and Giam folk songs in contemporary life.
In addition to the classes, leaders of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Nghe An also suggested many solutions to preserve and promote the value of the folk song heritage of Nghe Tinh. Accordingly, the province will promote the role of trained artisans, support funding and facilities for the Folk Song Club to operate effectively, and organize regular teaching.
The sector coordinates with the Education and Training sector to introduce traditional and new quality folk songs into extracurricular programs, creating a space for students to practice and sowing the love of folk songs in the young generation.
Nghe An province has determined to turn Vi and Giam into a typical tourism product of Nghe An. To do so, the province has built a mechanism to restore craft villages, performance spaces and support artisans; gradually organize performances to serve tourists at tourist destinations such as Vi and Giam performances on Lam River boats, at traditional craft villages.
Ms. Quach Thi Cuong, Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, emphasized: The industry will select high-quality new lyric works from training courses to print into books, tapes and discs, creating valuable sources of documents, honoring authors and spreading works; using media such as social networks, YouTube channels, and television to promote and introduce new lyrical works, helping the heritage to spread far and wide. At the same time, the industry proposed that the province have a timely incentive and honor regime for artisans with outstanding achievements in teaching, composing and preserving heritage.
Adapting and composing lyrics for Nghe Tinh Vi and Giam folk songs is a fundamental and sustainable solution to survive in the new era. It is a harmonious connection between traditional values and modern content. New Giam lyrics and new Vi sentences are not only works but also vivid evidence of the adaptability and strong vitality of heritage.
With the consensus from grassroots artisans to management levels, the intangible cultural heritage of humanity, Vi and Giam folk songs, will continue to be nurtured, becoming an indispensable soul of Nghe An culture./.
Source: https://www.vietnamplus.vn/lan-gio-moi-cho-dan-ca-vi-giam-nghe-tinh-post1080095.vnp
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