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{{Short description|Vietnamese folk music}}
{{Expand Vietnamese|topic=cult|date=June 2020}}[[Image:Quan ho bac ninh o ha noi.jpg|thumb|right|260px|Singing Quan họ at [[Hoàn Kiếm Lake]]]]
[[File:Quan Ho-Ensemble.JPG|thumb|Women sing Quan họ at [[Đô Temple]]]]
'''''Quan họ''''' ({{IPA|vi|kwaːn hɔ̂ˀ|lang}}) singing is a [[Music of Vietnam|Vietnamese]] [[folk music]] style characterized both by its [[antiphon]]al nature, with alternating groups of female and male singers issuing musical challenges and responses. Quan họ is common in rituals and festivals, and a common theme in many songs is love and sentimentality as experienced by young adults.<ref name=Le2002>{{cite web
| title = Quan Họ Singing in Ritual-festivals in Bắc Ninh Region (Vietnam)
| url = http://home.vicnet.net.au/~aaf/quanho.htm
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20030808174158/http://home.vicnet.net.au/~aaf/quanho.htm
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 2003-08-08
| access-date = 2007-07-23}}
</ref> Quan họ river as a [[UNESCO]] Intangible Cultural Heritage practice in 2009.<ref>[http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?RL=00183 UNESCO Culture Sector - Intangible Heritage - 2003 Convention :]</ref>
The quan họ style originated in what is now [[Bắc Ninh Province]] and was first recorded in the 13th century{{Citation needed|date=November 2019}}, and has traditionally been associated with the spring festivals that follow the celebration of [[Tết Nguyên Đán]] (the Vietnamese New Year). Historically, the singing began on the evening before the festival, but today it is much more common for the singing to occur on the main day of the festival. In general, an initial "challenge phrase" (''câu ra'') from the known body of songs is sung by a pair of female singers, following which a pair of male singers will respond by selecting and singing a "matching phrase" (''câu đối''), which must repeat the melody of the challenge phrase. Once they are finished, the order is reversed, and the men will issue their own challenge phrase with a different melody. While in the past the singing was unaccompanied, it is common today for the singers to be accompanied by instruments, whether traditional Vietnamese instruments or modern ones such as electric keyboards.<ref name=Le2002/>
[[File:Bộ trang phục quan họ 2.jpg|thumb|Men's and women's costumes in quan họ singing]]
There are a large number of ''quan họ'' melodies, with thousands of different songs having been recorded and written down in score form. A simpler variant of response song, allowing spoken responses and sung by boys and girls at village festivals is [[trống quân]] singing.
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100711065532/http://www.quanho.org/ Quan Ho, folk song], MP3, Video
*[http://quanhobacninh.vn/ Quan ho MP3, Video]
*[http://nhacdanca.net/ Nhac dan ca]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090925014554/http://www.dancaviet.com/ Dan Ca Viet]
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