Vietnamese artists Ho Ngoc Ha and Thanh Bui will feature in the inaugural season of reality singing competition Asian Dream as guest mentors.
They will be joined by others from the Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, and the U.S. to mentor the six contestants - Linh Tran (Vietnam), Karl Zarate (Philippines), Becky Yeung (Hong Kong), Sasha Ka (Thailand), Poova Sri Rama (Malaysia), and Tyen Rasif (Singapore).
Singer and actress Ha and musician Bui have experience in coaching contestants in reality shows.
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Ho Ngoc Ha on the poster of singing competition Asian Dream.
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Ha was a coach and also judge in singing competitions like The Voice of Vietnam, The X Factor Vietnam and The Remix in Vietnam. Bui coached competitors in the Vietnamese version of The Voice Kids and Vietnam Idol.
The six participants will also be coached by the two hosts, multi-Grammy award winner Michael Bolton and Philippine singer Morrisette Amon.
The contestants will go head-to-head in a series of challenges with the winner of the competition getting a chance to become a professional singer and to go on tour with Bolton next year.
The contest’s seven episodes will be aired on pay television channel AXN starting from August 6.
Preserving folk singing with drums
The art of folk singing alongside drums, hat trong quan in Vietnamese, started in Bui Xa village, in today’s Thuan Thanh district, the northern province of Bac Ninh, in the 13th century, but locals still practise the art.
New features of Sloong hao singing festival in Luc Ngan
(BGO)
– As a
long-standing unique cultural feature
of
ethnic minorities in highland communes of Luc Ngan mountainous district, Bac
Giang province, in 2020, the
Sloong
hao singing
festival
and the highland spring
market fair in Luc Ngan will be organized with more
attractive activities
in order to attract crowds
of visitors in the early spring days.
Making ‘then’ singing resounding
(BGO) - Bac Giang is one of the northern mountainous provinces with the
cultural heritage of ‘then’
practice of the Tay - Nung - Thai ethnic groups which
has just been recognized by UNESCO as an intangible
cultural heritage of humanity. This is a type of folk performing arts
serving the
spiritual needs and religious rituals practice of the Tay and Nung people in the
province, mainly in the districts of Son Dong, Luc Ngan, Luc Nam. Yen The and
Lang Giang.
Source: VnExpress
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