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TRADITIONAL MUSIC (CAI LUONG)
SHORT BRIEF ABOUT CAI LUONG
Cai Luong (roughly translated as “renovated theatre”) is a form of modern folk opera, particularly famous in Southern Vietnam.
It is the convergence of southern Vietnamese folk songs, classical music, Tuong (a Chinese-based classical theatre form) and modern spoken drama.
Cai Luong is an art performance originating and developing in Mekong Delta.
HISTORY OF CAI LUONG
Cai Luong Singing appeared in Mekong Delta in the early 20th century.
Originating from Boi Singing, Cai Luong Singing is the renovation of Boi Singing in theme, orchards, stage and performing arts.
During the French colonial, Cai Luong glamorously developed as a theatre of middle class.
Nowadays, Cai Luong is still a popular traditional art performance in Mekong Delta.
MAIN GENRES OF CAI LUONG
There are two main types of Cai Luong
The ancient Cai Luong imitates tales, legends or history.
The modern Cai Luong tells romantic story blended with family and social relationships.
CHARACTERISTICS OF CAI LUONG
Layouts
Initially, the content of Cai Luong plays was often derived from the old stories such as Behead Trinh An, wife of Ngu Van Thieu was darted, Thoai Khanh - Chau Tuan,...
Most of Cai Luong plays in this period still were affected by the style of Boi singing.
After that, there are many new performances which are inspired the social theme such as Whose guilt, Tu do tuong, etc with the concepts and layouts that are similar to the dramas.
Music
The types of performance art forms like Boi singing, Cheo, Cai Luong that are commonly called the singing opera. That is not opera because the authors don’t compose the chorus but just write the lyrics based on the available melodies.
Cai Luong stage is the combination of Southern folk songs with Boi singing. On the development process, the artists added some new melodies such as Da co hoai lang, or Chinese songs that were Vietnamization.
Besides that, when the western songs appeared in Vietnam, the artist took its melodies and wrote Vietnamese lyrics for it and turned it into Cai Luong songs such as Pouet Pouet, Marinella, Tango mysterieux,...
Performance style
The Cai Luong actors act like in the drama plays, but the difference is that actors sing but say, their gestures are suitable according to the lyrics but not exaggerating like singing.
Later in the 60s of the 20th century, the actors mixed singing with dancing, flying, martial arts to make the performances more lively.
Costumes and context
In the performances that take inspiration from the old stories, the costumes of actors and scenes on stage are also selected to evoke the context in which the story happened, but not true.
In the series on social topics, actors dress like characters in real life.
10 HIGHTED NEW WORDS WITH MEANING FOR EACH
(CONVERGENCE: sự hội tụ): Cai Luong is a unique convergence of the beauties of Vietnamese folk culture.
(RENOVATION: sự cải tiển): Cai Luong of the South is a remarkable renovation from Ca Ra Bo singing and is a perfect piece for theater art in the South of Vietnam.
(GLAMOROUS: say đắm): Many foreign tourists are glamorous by the folk songs of three regions of Vietnam
(ORCHARD: vườn cây ăn quả): When coming to ecotourism in orchards in the Mekong Delta provinces, visitors will enjoy delicious fruits and listen to the melodies of Don Ca Tai Tu of the people here.
(IMITATED: phỏng theo): Cheo at communal house is a type of folk performance, imitated after Vietnamese folk fairy tales such as: Quan Am Thi Kinh, Xuy Van pretending to be foolish,...
(EVOKES: gợi lên): The song "Journey on alluvial land" by musician Thanh Son evokes for us the image of a rural area in the Southwest region with countless beautiful scenes, delicious specialties, and people's love here.
(GESTURE: điệu bộ): The Du Ke of the Southern Khmer people has similarities in the gestures of the Cai Luong performance of the Southern Kinh people.
(COMMONLY: thường): Cai Luong artists are commonly called silkworms spin silk by audiences.
(DERIVED: bắt nguồn từ): Ho Dong Thap derived from folks and folk songs imbued with the colors of the rivers and waters of the Southwest region.
(CHORUS: đồng ca): The singer is very happy when the audience sings chorus with the folk songs they are performing.