SINGING CHAU VAN IN THE PRACTICE OF WORSHIPING MAU TAM PHU IN VIET NAM

Abstract

In 2014, the practice of worshiping Mau Tam Phu was honored by the govement as a national intangible cultural heritage. According to documents from the Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. “At 5:15 pm local time (12:15 am Vietnam time) on December 1, 2016, at the meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee on Protection. UNESCO's 11th intangible cultural heritage took place in the city of Addis Ababa, the Democratic Republic of the Federation of Ethiopia, the heritage of Vietnamese people's beliefs and the practice of worshipping Mau Tam Phu in Vietnam has been officially registered by UNESCO at the UNESCO World Heritage site. Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity”. Singing Chau Van is a genre of religious music used in the practice of worshiping Mau Tam Phu, which is strictly regulated in terms of melody, content and performance form to suit the content and nature of the ceremony or the nature of the saint invited at that ceremony