Tag: performing-arts
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- Huế Festival (Biennial)
Vietnam's largest cultural festival, held every two years in the former imperial capital — music, dance, royal court re-enactments, international performers, and the Citadel after dark.
attractions · Updated 2026-07-05 - Chèo: the folk opera of the Red River delta
Chèo is northern Vietnam's village folk opera, mixing comic satire, sung verse and moral folk tales. Here is its Red River delta origin and how it compares to tuồng and cải lương.
culture · Updated 2026-07-05 - Quan Họ and Ca Trù: two UNESCO Vietnamese chamber traditions
Quan họ and ca trù are two UNESCO-listed chamber traditions from northern Vietnam — courting duets from Bắc Ninh and scholar-class sung poetry from Hanoi.
culture · Updated 2026-07-05 - Traditional Vietnamese musical instruments
A guide to Vietnam's classic instruments — dan tranh, dan bau, dan nguyet, dan nhi, sao truc and trong — with brief histories and where to hear them live.
culture · Updated 2026-07-05 - Tuồng (Hát Bội): Vietnamese classical opera
Tuồng, also called Hát Bội, is Vietnam's oldest classical opera form, built on Chinese-influenced stagecraft, Nguyễn court patronage, and elaborate painted masks.
culture · Updated 2026-07-05 - Water puppetry (Múa rối nước): origins and where to see it
Water puppetry began in the flooded rice paddies of the Red River delta and is now a fixture of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City theatre schedules for visitors.
culture · Updated 2026-07-05 - Traditional Vietnamese Music: Cải Lương, Ca Trù, Nhã Nhạc and Quan Họ
From UNESCO-listed northern chamber song to southern reformed theatre, Vietnam's traditional music traditions remain living art forms rather than museum pieces.
culture · Updated 2026-05-17