dân ca
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
Noun: - Folk song: A traditional song that originates from and is passed down orally within a common people or a specific community, often with no single known author. It reflects the cultural identity, daily life, and emotions of that group. - Folk music (as a genre): The collective body of traditional songs and melodies belonging to a particular region or ethnic group.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- "Dân ca" Việt Nam rất phong phú và đa dạng. (Vietnamese folk songs are very rich and diverse.)
- Bà tôi thường hát những làn điệu "dân ca" miền Trung. (My grandmother often sings Central region folk melodies.)
- Họ đang sưu tầm "dân ca" của các dân tộc thiểu số. (They are collecting the folk songs of ethnic minorities.)
Advanced Usage
- "Dân ca quan họ": Refers specifically to the traditional reciprocal folk songs of the Quan Họ region in northern Vietnam, recognized by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage.
- "Dân ca quan họ" thường được hát đối đáp giữa các liền anh và liền chị. (Quan Họ folk songs are often sung in repartee between male and female singers.)
Variants and Related Words
Bài dân ca (n): A folk song (a single piece).
- Đó là một bài dân ca nổi tiếng. (That is a famous folk song.)
Làn điệu dân ca (n): A folk melody or tune.
- Cô ấy hát đúng làn điệu dân ca cổ. (She sings the ancient folk melody correctly.)
Synonyms
- Traditional song: A song that is passed down through generations.
- Folk melody: A traditional tune.
- Heritage song: A song that is part of a cultural heritage.
Related Idioms and Cultural Notes
- While "dân ca" itself is not typically part of idioms, it is central to cultural expressions like:
- Hát dân ca: The act of singing folk songs.
- Mọi người quây quần hát dân ca. (Everyone gathered to sing folk songs.)
- It is contrasted with nhạc hiện đại (modern music) or ca khúc (composed song), as it emphasizes anonymous, communal, and traditional origins.
noun
- Folk-song
- Folk-songs can be sung at home, at communal house or on hill..., depending on solo performance, repartee... They are transmitted from generation to generation, loved and preserved by the people. Folk-songs can belong to the localities or the ethnic minorities... Dan ca Quan Ho (Quan Ho folk-songs) originated in Hà Bắc province. During village festivals which are held every year, particularly in spring, young, men and women gather in the yard of a communal house or pagoda, on a hill or in a rowing boat and sing Quan Họ This is a style of singing where songs alternate from group to group, going back and forth from one to the other. Quan Ho singing is a folk art of highly collective nature. Those who sing are not entertainers, but all are part of the performance, and everyone is welcome to join