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The low whistle, or concert whistle, is a variation of the traditional tin whistle/pennywhistle, distinguished by its lower pitch and larger size. It is most closely associated with the performances of British and Irish artists such as Tommy Makem, Finbar Furey and his son Martin Furey, Old Blind Dogs, Michael McGoldrick, Riverdance, Lunasa, Donie Keyes, Chris Conway, and Davy Spillane, and is ...
Võ Thị Sáu (1933 – 23 January 1952) was a Vietnamese schoolgirl who fought as a guerrilla against the French occupiers of Vietnam, then part of French Indochina.She was captured, tried, convicted, and executed by the French colonialists in 1952, becoming the first woman to be executed at Côn Sơn Prison.
Ngoc Lan was born Le Thanh Lan (also known as St. Maria Maria Le Thanh Lan) on 28 December 1956 in Nha Trang. Ngoc Lan is the fifth of eight people in a well-off family. [clarification needed] Her father, Le Duc Mau served in the South Vietnamese Armed Forces. While in Vietnam, she listened to Le Hoang Long's music, studied music and performed ...
In Vietnamese it is called both làng lụa Vạn Phúc "Van Phuc silk village" and làng lụa Hà Đông after the larger village ("làng") area name. It is the best known silk village in Vietnam, and one of the best developed and most visited craft village near Hanoi which has over 90 officially designated handicraft villages.
Nguyễn Đình Chiểu was born in the southern province of Gia Định, the location of modern Saigon.He was of gentry parentage; his father was a native of Thừa Thiên–Huế, near Huế; but, during his service to the imperial government of Emperor Gia Long, he was posted south to serve under Lê Văn Duyệt, the governor of the south.
What is known for sure is that ca trù started off like many of Vietnam's arts as being a form of entertainment for the royal court. Officially ca tru count the age of their profession since The Later Le dynasty ( Vietnamese : Nhà Hậu Lê , 1428–1789), at that time musicians called Vietnamese : hát khuôn performed only on religious court ...
Lịch sử điện ảnh Việt Nam, Tập 2 [History of Vietnamese cinema, Volume 2] (in Vietnamese). Hà Nội: Cục Điện ảnh Việt Nam. OCLC 53129383. Thế Thái (1999). "Liên hoan phim Việt Nam lần thứ 12" [The 12th Vietnam Film Festival]. Văn hóa Nghệ thuật (Culture and arts) (in Vietnamese) (1–6). ISSN 0866-8655.
Phan Bội Châu (Vietnamese: [faːn ɓôjˀ cəw]; 26 December 1867 – 29 October 1940), born Phan Văn San, courtesy name Hải Thụ (later changed to Sào Nam), was a pioneer of 20th century Vietnamese nationalism.