Unique ceremony of Quan village singing in the Tay's wedding ceremony in Tung Ba

In the traditional Tay wedding ceremony in the northern mountainous provinces in general and Tung Ba commune, Vi Xuyen district, Ha Giang province in particular taking place many ceremonies, Quan village singing is an indispensable ritual in the wedding. of the Tay in Tung Ba.
Sing Quan village in the Tay cultural life
The Tày people's culture has many folk tunes such as: Lo, phong slu, phu lu p, phu muoc, vén eng. In particular, Lèo singing is intercourse singing style which is widely popular in many regions, including: Lèo lèo, chèo, chèo, lèo ... often appear in the Song Tống guilds, weddings, new houses or when there are guests come to visit villages. Quan village singing is considered a special cultural activity in the Tay people's wedding at Tung Ba commune.

Quan village singing has a place called deer, there is a place called literature for the village ... because the singer uses a simile singing style, beautiful words or ideas to challenge the behavior of Mr., Mrs. Quan in the son's or his father's house, Mrs. Quan lived at the bride's house when the boys' family went to pick the bride or the bride's family went to take the bride to the groom's house. Quan Quan singing is also called hotpot poetry of the Tay people. This is a beautiful custom in the Tay traditional wedding, with the system of poems and songs divided into specific sections. Those who sing the Quan quan village (in Tày language known as Pu Quan village) are the ones on duty on behalf of the boys' family who bring betel nut to the bride's house from asking, asking for fortune, and preparing wedding decorations for the wedding day. welcome bride.

The songs sung by the village mandarins mainly contain instructions, the delicate and elegant manners of people in life, high traditional education, and the teaching of the behavior between the bride and her husband. and the husband, the bridegroom behaves with the wife and the wife. The village officials must be intelligent, smart, well-behaved, knowledgeable and knowledgeable in their nation's customs. Therefore, before the wedding, the groom's family is usually very careful in finding the village officials to welcome the bride; The bride's family is also very careful in choosing whom to take her daughter to her husband's house.

Singing Quan village at the Tay people's wedding
At the Tay people's wedding in Tung Ba commune, wedding gifts include: 40 kg of pork, 40 liters of wine, 40 kg of glutinous rice, medicinal tea ... Ceremony such as: Ceremony for relatives, ceremony for her grandparents bride, ceremony for sister. In particular, the delegation welcomes the bride's family as well as the girl's family, including two men, two Mrs. Quan village (one chief, one deputy), the groom, the groomsman and the groom's friends and brothers (those burden gifts). The village governor is the highest representative of the boys' family (the girl's family), who deals with everything on behalf of his father, mother and relatives. Therefore, the village's mandarins must be elderly, virtuous, charismatic, poignant, with a wife and children, a happy family, and the ability to write poems ... But it is important to know how to sing Quan village.

Quan village singing in the Tay's traditional wedding is often divided into 3 stages: Picking (the bride's family comes to beg the bride), submits (while the bride's family submits the bride), takes (the bride's family takes the bride home). When performing the rituals to welcome the bride, the Quan quan singers had to sing so that the bride's family could listen well and for the work to be performed in the right order. In Quan quan singing, there was no accompanying props, but mostly the simple but full of kind responses from Mr. Quan village.

Unique customs in the wedding
The wedding ceremony of the Tày people in Tung Ba commune has many customs such as: The custom of stretching a cord to block the road customs for foot wash water; keep the door; continuous application for screening; Sing inviting water, invite betel; submission ceremony of the team to submit the burden; offering money and dry cloth (full moon); ceremony to welcome the bride; to the boys' house. Each custom, singing Quan village is performed in a different way. For example, the custom of stretching a cord on a road (Singing to confess your name, greeting) is the first custom in a wedding ceremony.

When the bride's welcome team came to the girl's alley, the girl's house gave a wire to cross the street, there was a place to close the gate or sew the cloth and then asked and questioned some issues related to the groom's family. The boys' family had to sing the song to agree with the situation, so the girl's family allowed the string to be removed. Meanwhile, the ceremony to welcome the bride is the last solemn ceremony at the girl's house. Usually the welcome is calculated by the boys' union so that the bride will come home on time. The official of the groom's village solemnly sang the thank-you to the bride's attentiveness, then asked his grandparents, parents and relatives to allow the bride's family to take the bride home. The song asking for a bride to be called by the village official called "So dragging the hearts" ...

Mr. Ma Van Luu, Chairman of Tung Ba Folk Artists Association said: Singing Quan Quan in the traditional Tay people's wedding, Tung Ba commune is humane, kind and is a form of exchange and close connection. community solidarity. This unique culture needs to be handed down and preserved, contributing to the rich treasure of folk songs of the Vietnamese ethnic groups in general and of the Tay people in Tung Ba commune in particular.