A ‘bai choi’ singing troupe from Da Nang was honoured with the ‘Best Performance’ award at the Bai Choi Singing Festival which took place in Quang Nam Province’s Tam Ky City from 10 - 13 June.

A ‘bai choi’ performance (Photo: Internet)

Featuring troupes from Da Nang and the provinces of Quang Nam, Quang Ngai and Binh Dinh, the event was part of the 2017 Quang Nam Heritage Festival which was held in the same venue from 9 - 14 June.

‘Bai choi’(singing while acting as playing cards) is a simple folk game, and it has been recognised as a national intangible cultural heritage by the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.  Relevant agencies are preparing the necessary dossiers for an application to UNESCO for recognition of ‘bai choi’ as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity.

Another part of the ongoing Heritage Festival is an exhibition entitled ‘Viet Nam’s Sea and Islands Heritages’.  For this, the Museum of Da Nang has lent documents and photos about the Hoang Sa Island District People’s Committee, Da Nang’s sea and islands cultural heritages, and its sea and islands tourism potential.  Also on display are documents featuring Viet Nam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos, plus collections of sea shells from the city's beaches and butterflies from the Son Tra Peninsula.