PROJECT GROUP .....:

TRADITIONAL MUSIC
_Xam singing_

GROUP MEMBER

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Presentation progress:
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Place and
time

Instruments
Types and
and costumes artists/performers

01.

Place and
time

- Hai Thanh Xam Club (Hai
Phong)
- Dong Xuan Market Xam Club
(Hanoi).
- Yen Phong Commune Xam
Club (Yen Mo, Ninh Binh)

Place:

Time:

- Around the 14th
century.
- Until the first half of
the 20th century.

“ Xam singing used to
be a very developed art
form in Hanoi in the
late 19th and early
20th centuries”
- XAM SINGER FAMOUS -

02.

Instruments and
costumes

INSTRUMENTS:

- The simplest for Xam singing includes only the erhu and
Senh sua.
- Large groups can use monochords, thin drums and table
beats.

COSTUMES:

- Men often wear brown clothes, over vests in

w i n t e r.

- Women wear dark shirts (brown or gray), light-colored
overalls, and knee-length skirts (while traditional
costumes of Xam market artisans often wear loose shirts and
leaf hats).

03.

Types and
artists/performers

TYPES:
Xam singing was
called by
different names
such as street
singing.

Xam singing is a
professional folk
music genre, a
folk performance
style.

A unique space in the
nation's traditional
musical treasure, with
a profound, skillful and
attractive narrative
style.

Artists/performers:

HA THI CAU

THU PHUONG

KIM DUNG

A representative of the
The person who keeps the
Xam
singer
goes
against
artistic quintessence of
“flame” of love with the art
the trend
the 20th century
of Xam singing forever

Thanks For
Listening!