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CAI LUONG
Types of Cai Luong
There are mainly two types of Cai Luong: ancient cai luong and modern cai luong. The latter consists of stories of modern Vietnamese society
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The stories also explore cultural norms, social norms and other aspects of Vietnamese society. This type can be somehow described as tragedy but happy ended.
If you watch a play in which the actors and actresses dress old fashioned costumes, it is ancient Cai Luong.
The plot is based on tales, legends or historical stories of the feudal system with ancient kings and warriors, while the plots come from numerous Chinese historical or ancient legends.
Watching a Vong Co play, you may see that, in addition to regular speeches, several melodies are incorporated into the play.
These melodies are reused through different plays; however the words are changed to fit the context.
Up to now, although cai luong had passed through the bright period but it still has a lot of loyal listeners.
Throughout one hundred years of development, cai luong had claimed its important role in the Vietnamese traditional art cradle!
Performance of Cai Luong
There are normally two types, independent song performance and play performance
Always includes dances, songs and music, whose influences is originally drawn from southern folk one
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Regarding a Cai luong play, the scenes are changed frequently throughout the play
In a typical play, the actresses and actors would use a combination of regular spoken dialogues and “Vong Co” to express their thoughts and emotions
General information
Is a a form of modern folk opera, particularly famous in Southern Vietnam
Is the convergence of southern Vietnamese folk songs, classical music, tuong (a Chinese-based classical theatre form) and modern spoken drama
Took origin in Southern Vietnam in the early 20th century and blossomed in the 1930s as a theatre of the middle class under the French colony
When you listen Cai Luong song, you can feel their beautiful lyrics praising Vietnamese moral values
Cai Luong has been preserved and has become a typical national theater form of the Southwest region desired by Vietnamese people and foreign tourists.
What is Cai Luong ?
is more or less similar to Western operettas, yet easier to depict the characters’ feelings
has about 20 main songs, but each may be retuned with different emotional tempos, making various versions
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A special type of singing with the background music of either the “dan tranh” (16-chord zither) or the guitar
Owes much of its success to the sweet voices of the cast, much appreciated by the audiences