11
Nov
08

Portrait:Quan ho singer on travel boat.

Red River tour.
Quan Ho singing is Vietnamese recognized folk music. A group of male and females will issue musical challenges and response. The main topic is about love and sentimetality. Quan Họ traditionally associated with Spring festivals, orginated in Bac Ninh province in Red River delta. It’s one of traditional herigate so it’s widely introduced to forein tourists.
The singer in this picture is working on travel boat on tour along Red River. She travels along Red River from Ha Noi to Hung Yen and back everydays just for 150.000VND(10 dolars), kind of “hard work & low paid” compare to those who sing in restaurants, hotels….


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FAVORITE POEM

Good timber does not grow with ease
The stronger wind, the stronger trees
The further sky, the greater length
The more the storm, the more the strength.
By sun and cold, by rain and snow,
In trees and men good timbers grow.
Good Timber by Douglas Malloch

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