dân ca

noun

• Folk-song

• Folk-songs can be sung at home, at communal house or on hill..., depending on solo performance, repartee... They are transmitted from generation to generation, loved and preserved by the people. Folk-songs can belong to the localities or the ethnic minorities... Dan ca Quan Ho (Quan Ho folk-songs) originated in Hà Bắc province. During village festivals which are held every year, particularly in spring, young, men and women gather in the yard of a communal house or pagoda, on a hill or in a rowing boat and sing Quan Họ This is a style of singing where songs alternate from group to group, going back and forth from one to the other. Quan Ho singing is a folk art of highly collective nature. Those who sing are not entertainers, but all are part of the performance, and everyone is welcome to join