More and more tourist companies and tourist attractions in Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa are now incorporating traditional art forms into their tourism services to serve tourists. This has not only promoted the national and local traditional culture but has also diversified the tourism products in Nha Trang.
More and more tourist companies and tourist attractions in Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa are now incorporating traditional art forms into their tourism services to serve tourists. This has not only promoted the national and local traditional culture but has also diversified the tourism products in Nha Trang.
Besides seeing sea animals and circus seal, playing water sports, etc., the visitors to Soi Island tourist site on Tri Nguyen Island can enjoy the performances of Vietnamese traditional music instruments such as bamboo flute, “đàn tranh” (16-chord zither), “đàn đá” (lithophone), and T’rưng bamboo xylophone. This tourist site is still in the process of construction; therefore, the number of traditional art shows has been limited. There will be more shows in the future in order to meet the needs for entertainment of tourists, especially foreign ones, according to Vo Thanh Minh, General Manager of Soi Island.
Traditional art programs are also held at other tourists site in Nha Trang, and other localities of Khanh Hoa, for example Hon Chong, Ponagar Temple, Vinpearl Land Nha Trang, Merperle Hon Tam, Yang Bay Tourist Park, etc. Jayden Walker, a tourist from Australia, said that it was interesting to enjoy travelling and learning Vietnam’s cultural characteristics through the shows of traditional art forms.
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The art program featuring the cultural heritages of Vietnam, which were inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO, and the exhibition displaying Vietnam’s heritages of sea-island culture and tourism organized recently in Nha Trang attracted the attention of many foreign tourists. In four consecutive nights of the art program, the artists over the country brought the locals and tourists in Nha Trang numerous performances of the typical cultural heritages of many regions in Vietnam.
Khanh Hoa Province’s Center of Culture and Cinema and Traditional Art Theatre have organized the art shows of “tuồng” (Vietnam’s classic drama), “bá trạo” singing and “bài chòi” performances on weekend nights for many years. These art shows are available for the public to view at the beach park near the 2-4 Square and in front of Khanh Hoa Provincial Conference Center (No.46 Tran Phu Street, Nha Trang).
Some private businesses have also invested in holding shows for tourists. For example, the night music shows about the colors of Vietnam’s traditional art forms of Nha Trang Tre Entertainment Joint Stock Company has been of interest to many tourists in Nha Trang.
It is evident that the Vietnam’s traditional art forms are interested by a lot of tourists in and outside the country. However, it needs a harmonious blend of the artistic values and tourism services in order to promote and popularize the traditional art forms more effectively.
Giang Đinh
Translated by H.N
