Practicing and Transmitting Traditional Music within the Southern Khmer Community of Vietnam in International Integration Context (original) (raw)

The article studies the reality of practicing and transmitting traditional music within the Southern Khmer community in Vietnamreview from globalization context. This study was conducted in 2018 and 2019, at 10 southern provinces/cities of Vietnam (surveying, interviewing 222 people, artisans and artists) to learn and evaluate the activities of practicing and transmitting traditional music of Southern Khmer of Vietnam. The method of Ethnographic field-visit was mainly used. Research results showed that traditional music genres are still practiced and transmitted in cultural activities of Khmer people in the South of Vietnam, including 3/7 genres of folk songs: ritual music, Chom-Rieng-Cha-Pay, lullaby and 3/12 traditional orchestras: Five-tone orchestra (Pin Peat), Kh'se orchestra and Chhay-Yam orchestra. Traditional music is mainly transmitted by "word of mouth" form which is attached with artisans and artists; the transmission forms of collecting, researching, and introducing have been implemented but are still limited. Based on the results, recommendations are proposed for preserving and promoting traditional musical heritage of the Southern Khmer people of Vietnam in the current context of globalization.