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The old man's simple wooden house has an airy room used to display traditional musical instruments and welcome visitors from near and far. Stepping through the door is a neatly arranged t'rung. On the small wall, which has been stained by time, there are more than 20 musical instruments "lined up". All were created by the village elder A Brôl Ve, who mastered those captivating sounds, captivating many visitors.
Village elder A Brôl Ve said that during the war years, he participated in the battlefields of Dak Pet, Dak Sut, Dak Glei district, Kon Tum province. After 1975, he returned to the village to take on the positions of Commune Police, Commune Team, and Front and was elected by the villagers as a prestigious village elder. At 80 years old and nearly 40 years of Party membership, village elder A Brôl Ve is like a kônia tree providing shade for the villagers. He is also diligently researching, preserving, and passing on to the villagers and to future generations all the precious assets of the Gié Triêng people.
Immersed in the sound of the talul and talêh, the old man told his story, the story of the village, his father, and the Gie Trieng people who have lived in this land for generations. When he was a boy, old A Brôl Vé often followed his grandfather and father to learn singing and making musical instruments. His father and grandfather were talented singers and makers of musical instruments. Every night in the fields, by the fire, he would attentively watch his father make musical instruments and listen to his father sing folk songs. Growing up, the old stories, folk songs, and the way his father made musical instruments gradually seeped into his blood and became a passion. So every time the village held a festival, A Brôl Vé was present and played a very important role in the village's art troupe.
As a village elder, a prestigious person, a distinguished artisan, old A Brôl Ve uses and creates over 20 different musical instruments. Every time his flute plays, listeners feel the sound of water flowing in a stream, the echo of a waterfall, sometimes like the wind of the great forest, sometimes as solemn as the echo from the past.
Pointing to the wall of the house, where many different musical instruments made by his own hands are hung, old man A Brôl Ve “boasts” that the Gié Triêng people have many types of musical instruments such as ta lê, pa chanh, cha kit, din goror, bin, ta lil, del do, pil pôi… With these rustic instruments, the players use their hands, lips and tongue to produce sounds that are sometimes low, high, sometimes leisurely, sometimes bustling and spontaneous, as if urging people’s hearts.
Dak Rang village in this border area is home to more than 200 households with nearly 700 Gie Trieng people. In the flow of modern life, Gie Trieng people still preserve their old cultural features. The boys and girls in the village still diligently make rice wine, weave brocade, and craft traditional musical instruments. They preserve for their village cultural activities of gongs, xoang dances, and some traditional festivals such as Cha chah Festival (Coal Eating Festival) and Buffalo Eating Festival.
Village elder A Brôl Ve has a spirit of working hard and seriously to preserve and spread the beauty of traditional music. He is always passionate about teaching the beauty of Gie Trieng culture to the next generations, creating the identity of the land and people of Dak Rang in the traditional Northern Central Highlands. From the dedicated efforts of the village elder, the love for traditional musical instruments is preserved and spread in the community day by day".
Mr. Hieng Lang Thang, Chairman of Dak Duc Commune People's Committee
In the mind of old man A Brôl Ve, the traditional culture of the nation is always the root that needs to be preserved and promoted. Therefore, old man A Brôl Ve always upholds the sense of responsibility, encourages artisans in the village to practice and participate in activities to preserve and promote the national culture. Thereby, promoting to friends and tourists the traditional culture of the Gie Trieng people in this border area.
Source: https://baodantoc.vn/bong-ca-o-lang-dak-rang-1737516049252.htm
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