Committee set up to seek recognition for Chau Van singing

VGP – The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) has just assigned the Viet Nam Institute of Culture and Arts Studies(VICAS) to host and cooperate with relevant agencies to compile a dossier on “Chau Van singing of Vietnamese people” to seek UNESCO's recognition as intangible cultural heritage.

January 17, 2014 9:32 AM GMT+7

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The MCST set up a Steering Committee to monitor the establishment of the dossier.

As known, Chau van is a kind of spiritual singing accompanying the hau dong (mediumship) ritual of the Mother Goddesses religion. It's popular throughout the country, but Nam Dinh Province is considered its birthplace.

By Thuy Dung