Visiting the land of Quan Ho folk singing

(VOVworld) – Crowded, bustling, and imbued with traditional festivals are what visitors feel when they come to this year’s Lim festival in Lim town, Bac Ninh province. Attending Lim festival means you’re coming to the world of folk games and Quan ho folk songs where couples of male and female vocalists are beautiful in “tu than” or four-panel traditional dresses and “quai thao” also called “ba tam” palm hats. All these have created a busy and happy atmosphere of spring. Let’s join VOV’s Le Phuong on a tour of Lim festival to experience such a festive mood there. It’s not by chance that Lim festival in Tien Du district has become a typical festival in the Kinh Bac region, the present-day Bac Ninh province. It’s said that the charming sentiments of Quan Ho performers have made visitors unable to leave when the festival is over and they keep singing the famous Quan Ho tune ‘Don’t go, my love’. Although the festival officially opens on the 13th day of the first lunar month, a couple of days before that, pilgrims begin flocking to the region. The festival begins with a solemn palanquin procession with the participation of thousands of people to…

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