March 10th, 2010 |
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Lim Festival (February 21)
Time: The 13th day of the first lunar month.
Place: Lim Hill, Lim Town, Tien Du District, Bac Ninh Province.
Objects of worship: Lady King and Hieu Trung Hau, the two legendary patriarchs of quan ho tunes.
Characteristics: Quan ho singing on the hills, boats or at home
Boi Khe Pagoda Festival (February 18 – 20) [...]
March 10th, 2010 |
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VietNamNet Bridge – The Lim Festival took place during the warm weather on February 26 in Bac Ninh province.
The organizing board estimated that the festival drew over 60,000 visitors.
Village notables performed opening rituals at the village temple.
The procession took place at 8am, going from the village temple to Lim Hill, where the festival was [...]
March 2nd, 2010 |
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VietNamNet Bridge – In Vietnamese folk culture, people often say ‘Thang gieng la thang an choi (The first lunar month is the month to play and enjoy the festive time).
A bustling atmosphere of people rowing on the Yen Stream heading to the Huong Pagoda Festival.
Therefore, this month, everywhere around the country is animated with [...]
January 7th, 2010 |
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VietNamNet Bridge – The current Lim Festival is very bustling, attracting thousands of visitors. Quan ho is sung everywhere from houses to boats. People, including cultural experts, are optimistic about the development of Quan ho.
But it is really difficult to find a real Quan ho show which is organised according to traditional procedures.
We [...]
