After long hours working in the fields, local farmers gather to practice and preserve violin music, passing the tradition from one generation to the next.

The shared passion for music has helped strengthen community bonds, encouraging solidarity and mutual support as residents work together to improve their lives.

Despite social and economic changes over the decades, the love of violin music in Then Village has endured, becoming a distinctive cultural hallmark of the Kinh Bac region in northern Vietnam.

An overview of Then village.

The entrance gate to Then Village.

Members of the village orchestra perform.

Farmers cultivate gladiolus flowers in the village’s fields.

Nguyen Quang Khoa, head of the Then Village Violin Club, trains young musicians.

A road leading to the village’s farming fields.

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