Practices of Then by Tày, Nùng and Thái ethnic groups in…Viet Nam
Representative List 2019
EN: The Then rite “The newly-built house celebration” performed by Male Then Master Hoàng Đức Dục (born in 1962, the Tày people) in Ba Bể district, Bắc Kạn province
EN: The Then rite “Praying for good crop” performed by Female Then Master Mông Thị Sấm (born in 1939, the Nùng people) in Lạng Sơn city, Lạng Sơn province
EN: A worshipping tray in the Then rite “Cầu Khoăn” (worship for the vital spirit) of the Tày people in Chiêm Hóa district, Tuyên Quang province
EN: The Khám lễ dance in the Then ritual “Showing gratitude to the ancestors” performed by Female Then Master Chu Thị Hồng Vân (1974, the Nùng people) in Lạng Giang district, Bắc Giang province
EN: The Chầu dance in a Then rite “Cầu Hoa” (to pray for a child) of the Tày ethnic group performed by Female Then Master Nông Thị Lìm (born in 1945, the Tày people) in Cao Lộc district, Lạng Sơn city, Lạng Sơn province
EN: The Xòe dance around the Pang tree in a Then rite “Praying for a child” of the Thái people in the Tau village, Điện Biên Phủ city, Điện Biên province
EN: The Then Cấp sắc (the ritual giving certificate to the profestional practice of the Then master) rite of the Tày people in Yến Lạc town, Na Rì district, Bắc Kạn province
EN: The musical instruments, clothes, and objects used in a Then rite performed by Male Then Master Lưu Đình Bạo (born in 1942, the Tày people) in Dương Quang commune, Bắc Kạn province: 1. The Tính tẩu lute, 2. Singing, 3. Dress, 4. a picture hung in front of the tray of Master Then, 5. Tintinnabulum, 6. Drill, 7. Mèn (bell), 8. Tag, 9. The con niêng (reserved for the senior Then Master), 10. sword, 11. seal, 12. a pair of Thẻn coins
EN: Male Then Master Hà Văn Thuấn (born in 1942, the Tày people) in Chiêm Hóa district, Tuyên Quang province teaching the Then singing and the Tính lute to children at a session of Then singing - the Tính lute of their community
EN: The 2015 fifth festival on Then singing – Tính lute of the Tày, Nùng, and Thái ethnic groups in Tuyên Quang province
