Folk music of Ethnic minorities in Son La province
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SƠN LA, a Northwestern mountainous province in Vietnam, has the area of 14,125 square kilometers. In this province there are many hills and mountains, valleys, thick forests, MỘC Châu and Nà sản plateaus. Sơn La, including a city and ten districts, is the home of twelve ethnic minorities, i.e. Thái, Kinh, Kháng, Dao, Hmông, Khơ mú, Hán, Tày, Lào, Mường, La ha, and Xinh mun, among which Thái makes up 54% of the population province wide. Each ethnic group there has their own and unique characteristics in usages and customs, clothes, religion, musical instruments, music, and dance. Those create a rich and special cultural tradition for this land.
In February 2009, the Vietnamese Institute for Musicology realized a sub-project entitled Collect, preserve, promote, and develop the music and performing arts of ethnic groups in Sơn La province, which belongs to the project “Support Vietnamese culture for sustainable development, 2005-2009” sponsored by SIDA (Sweden). We would like to introduce some special folk art numbers of Thái, Kháng, and La ha ethnic groups in Yên Châu, Mường La, and Quỳnh Nhai districts, Sơn La province.
1. Tính doóng (Dating words) - Tính tẩu solo Performer: Lò Văn Đoan (1952) Thái ethnic group (Thái trắng branch) Hé mountainous village, Mường Chiên commune, Quỳnh Nhai district, Sơn La province
9. Slow musical piece, quick musical piece - Pi tam tăn solo Performer: Lò Văn Lôi (1966) La ha ethnic group Huối Liếng mountainous village, Nậm Păm commune, Mường La district, Sơn La province
2. Cỏỏng bươn hai (The moonlit night) - Pí đôỉ solo Performer: Điêu Chính Pánh (1938) Thái ethnic group (Thài trắng branch) Co Sản mountainous village, Mường Giàng commune, Quỳnh Nhai district, Sơn La province
10. Ripening-rice crop - Pơi lót solo Performer: Lò Văn Lôi (1966). La ha ethnic group Huối Liếng mountainous village, Nậm Păm commune, Mường La district, Sơn La province
3. Ú lụh nón (Lullaby) Performer: Điêu Thị Hỷ (1945) Thái ethnic group (Thai trắng branch) Nghe Tôổng mountainous village, Mường Giàng commune, Quỳnh Nhaĩ district, Sơn La province
11. Love-exchange flute sound- Pi thiu solo Performer: Lò Văn Phán (1944) La ha ethnic group Nà Tạy mountainous village, Pi Toong commune, Mường La district, Sơn La province
4. Love-declaration singing - The alternate singing between men and women Performers: Điêu Văn Minh (1950) and Điêu Thi Hỷ (1945) - singing Lò Văn Đoan (1952) - player tính tầu lute Thái ethnic group (Thái trắng branch) Nghe Tôổng mountainous village, Mường Giàng commune, and Hé mountainous village, Mường Chiên commune, Quỳnh Nhai district, Sơn La province
12. To go to burn off and clear land Performer: Lò Văn Phán (1944) La ha ethnic group Nà Tạy mountainous village, Pi Toong commune, Mường La district, Sơn La province
5. The country melody - Ensemble of kén pé and pi pử Performers: Lừ Hổng Xưa (1942) - kén pé (khèn bè - the wind instrument) Lừ Hổng Thanh (1967) - pi pử (pí pặp) Thái ethnic group (Thái đen branch) Tủm mountainous village, Chiềng Khoi commune, Yên Châu district, Sơn La province
13. Lullaby Performer: Quàng Thị Toản (1969) La ha ethnic group Huối Liếng mountainous village, Nậm Păm commune, Mường La district, Sơn La province
6. Tiếng khèn gọi bạn - Kén pé (khèn bè) solo Performer: Lừ Hồng Xưa (1942). Thái ethnic group (Thái đen branch) Tủm mountainous village, Chiềng Khoi commune, Yên Châu district, Sơn La province
14. Lullaby Performer: Hoàng Văn Trực (1969) Kháng ethnic group Nậm Uôn mountainous village, Chiềng ơn commune, Quỳnh Nhai district, Sơn La province
7. Lullaby Performers: Lừ Thị Bình (1965) - singing Lừ Hổng Xưà (1942) - player khèn bè Thái ethnic group (Thái đen branch) Tủm mountainous village, Chiềng Khoi commune, Yên Châu district, Sơn La province
15. Wedding singing - The alternate singing between men and women Performers. Lò Thị Khẹo (1961) and Hoàng Văn Trực (1969) Kháng ethnic group Hát Ho and Nậm Uôn mountainous villages, Chiếng ơn commune, Quỳnh Nhai district, Sơn La province
8. Offering the handkerchief to lover (To sing according to Khắp báo sao tune) Performers: Lừ Thị Bình (1965) - singing. Lừ Hổng Xưa (1942) - player khèn bè Thái ethnic group (Thái đen branch) Tủm mountainous village, Chiềng Khoi commune, Yên Châu district, Sơn La province
16. Tàng Io Performer: Lò Thị Khẹo (1961) Kháng ethnic group Hát Hố mountainous villages, Chiềng ơn commune, Quỳnh Nhai district, Sơn La province
