Music professor Vinh Bao, one of the experts in Tai Tu Music of Nam Bo Region, suggested that money should be paid out to reserve this kind of traditional art rather than to apply for cultural heritage certification by UNESCO. Friends in foreign countries all over the world can help in spreading this kind of perfoming art to the world and global music community.

 

“Why don’t we start by an annual festival of countryside’s music with a spotlight of Tai Tu Music? By this year end, Dan Han organizer is expected to invite international famous music bands to Yatch Festival in Binh Thuan province. This can be a suggestion to organize the same festival with traditional music of Mekong delta. Multibillion of VND, then will bring about more than just material value. UNESCO by then can even note about such cultural heritage,” suggested a representative of Phat Tin Co. Ltd., a coordinator of the upcoming Yatch Festival.

Another model of festival could be the Festival La Roque dAnthéron adjourned in Provence of Southern France where up to 100,000 visitors including Vietnamese journalists have joined in. Journalist Nguyen Dinh Uyen retold his participation to the festival in a small village of 5,000 residence by Durance River starting from the end of July to August 1981. The festival was initially a kind of summer entertainment event but gradually has become one of the biggest music festival in the world. And by such an idea 30 years ago that organizers only put some chair on the grass lawn for the show has made up an original festival. Could it be in Vietnam where we well-known music professor Vinh Bao and traditional music researcher Professor Tran Van Khe, Ph.D?

 

Music professor Vinh Bao at his 93 is the oldest one contributed to Tai Tu music to be living. Over 75 years of playing music, music professor Vinh Bao has met over 200 music teachers, composers and art performers from all regions of Vietnam. In 1970, he also came to Illinois University on an inviting trip to teach Vietnamese music.

 

Journalist Nguyen Dinh Uyen suggested that rich programs and scenery stage would be success for music festival. And, one of the place could be Can Duoc, Long An – birth place of deceased music professor Nguyen Quang Doi who is considered as one of the first founders of Tai Tu music in Nam Bo region. Other places can be listed as Bac Lieu and even Binh Duong province.

 

Binh Duong authority pay much for activities of Tai Tu music more than other localities in Nam Bo region. Xuan Tai, a music player in Binh Duong also suggested that tighter link with tourism should be made to encourage performers of Tai Tu music.

 

Reported by Xuan Son - Minh Tam – Translated by Vi Bao