Twenty art troupes will gather from across the nation to perform at the four day festival. The troupes will present then tunes from many different northern areas, and the final night will be broadcast live on Vietnam Television.
Then singing and the tinh instruments are cultural treasures of the Tay and Nung ethnic people in the North and will be performed at the festival by artists and amateurs from a variety of generations.
Specifically, then singing is the religious music of the Tay and Nung ethnic groups and is a combination of music, song, dance, gestures and the playing of instruments, such as the locally made tinh. People sing then in both community and family settings, such as village festivals, ceremonies, New Year's celebrations, weddings, house blessings, and longevity and birth celebrations. They also sing then to encourage the depressed, comfort the ill and mourn the dead.
In order to further promote the festival and music, the best performances of the night will be recorded on DVD and VCD. The goal is to popularise traditional Vietnamese music forms within the country and overseas.
An exhibition of instruments and costumes will also be featured at the festival, and a seminar will take place on how to preserve and develop the traditional musical art form. This seminar will include speeches about the origin and the role of then singing and the tinh instruments in the social life of the Tay and Nung communities.
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