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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 ...
Casualty estimates range, with Vietnamese sources claiming 50000 Ming troops dead and 10000 captured, while the Ming Shilu estimates that around 20000 to 30000 soldiers died in that battle. [16] This victory allowed the Vietnamese to encircle the citadel of Dong Quan [ 17 ] and ruined Wang Tong's plans for an offensive.
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.
The Battle of Ngọc Hồi-Đống Đa or Qing invasion of Đại Việt (Vietnamese: Trận Ngọc Hồi - Đống Đa; Chinese: 清軍入越戰爭), also known as Victory of Kỷ Dậu (Vietnamese: Chiến thắng Kỷ Dậu), was fought between the forces of the Vietnamese Tây Sơn dynasty and the Qing dynasty in Ngọc Hồi [] (a place near Thanh Trì) and Đống Đa in northern Vietnam ...
In 2018, the Tay Ninh government commenced construction of a project to bring water from Dau Tieng Lake to the west of the Vam Co Dong River to supply water to communes in Chau Thanh and Ben Cau districts of Tay Ninh province with a total investment of 1,246 billion VND. The project includes a steel pipe crossing the river with a span of 30 ...
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 ...
Đàn tre ("bamboo instrument") - A hybrid form of the Vietnamese plucked string instrument, similar to a Đàn tính, called a Đàn tre, was created by Nguyễn Minh Tâm, who escaped from Vietnam in 1982 and ultimately settled in Australia. The instrument has twenty-three 800 mm (31 in)-long wire strings attached to a bamboo tube with a ...
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 ...