Champa music has affirmed its remarkable position in Da Nang’s tourism product sector thanks to the city’s unique cultural identities.

Like Ninh Thuan and Quang Nam provinces, Da Nang has preserved many impressive Champa cultural vestiges which include music as well as architectural and archaeological works.  The Director of the Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculpture, Mr Vo Van Thang, said that a book entitled “Champa Music - the Interconnection between Champa and Vietnamese”, which was written by musician Tran Hong after many years of research into the Champa culture, was published in late 2013.  This is the largest ever research work carried out on Champa music.

A Champa dance performance

Like the ethnic minority people in the Central Highlands, the Champa people regard music as an art form of the Gods and a means of communication between deities and human beings.   Music is always performed in many offering ceremonies for the Gods.  Champa music shares similarities in the use of musical instruments with that of the ethnic minorities in the Central Highlands.  Many Vietnamese-Champa folk songs feature surprisingly similar rhythms, musical scales and melodies. 

According to musician Hong, a wide variety of musical instruments, folk songs, and flash mob performances play a vital role in diversifying Da Nang’s musical treasures and those of Viet Nam as a whole.