Ca trù
Vietnamese musical storytelling genre / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ca trù (Vietnamese: [kaː ʈû], 歌籌, "tally card songs"), also known as hát cô đầu or hát nói, is a Vietnamese genre of musical storytelling performed by a featuring female vocalist, with origins in northern Vietnam.[1] For much of its history, it was associated with a pansori-like form of entertainment, which combined entertaining wealthy people as well as performing religious songs for the royal court.[2][3]
Ca trù is inscribed on the list of Intangible Cultural Heritage in need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2009.[2]