Hanoi (VNA) – The YUME Art Project has launcheda campaign calling upon youth to tell their stories about Cai luong (reformedopera) on social network platforms.
Sponsored by the British Council, the campaign targets peopleaged between 15 and 35 with interest in traditional art, with entries in formsof podcasts, videos, photos, and graphic designs submitted from October 1 toNovember 15.
Voting for these submissions opens from October 15 toDecember 7.
The results awarding entries in terms of materials,creativity, communications, and public voting will be announced on December 23,with the highest prize valued at 2.5 million VND (109.76 USD).
Male singer Isaac in "Song Lang" - a film that recreates the golden age of Cai luong (Source: CGV)
Cai luong is the convergence of southern Vietnamese folksongs, classical music, tuong (traditional opera) and modern spoken drama.
About 100 years ago, authors like Ho Bieu Chanh and DangThuc Lieng introduced Cai luong to the public. Chanh and his friend set up cailuong troupes that staged performances across Sai Gon (now Ho Chi Minh City)and Mekong Delta provinces. The birth of the art had enriched people’sspiritual life, becoming the most popular art genre at that time, especiallyduring the 1960s.
Between 1975 and 1990, Ho Chi Minh City was home to morethan 20 Cai luong troupes that performed at 15 theatres, with each attractingthousands of audiences each night.
Cai luong was the first traditional Vietnamese art genre that had beenintroduced in Paris in the first half of the 20th century. During the warsagainst French and American forces, it served as a spiritual weapon, helping toencourage people to join revolutionary movements, particularly in southernprovinces./.
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Illustrative photo (Source: VTV) 
Male singer Isaac in "Song Lang" - a film that recreates the golden age of Cai luong (Source: CGV) 
