Tinh, the unique musical instrument of the Tay ethnic minority – an English program from The Voice of Vietnam (VOV)

Tinh, the unique musical instrument of the Tay ethnic minority – an English program from The Voice of Vietnam (VOV)

A fairy tale says that in the old days, a strong man named Xien Can could sing and play music beautifully. He was grown but had no wife. He went to Heaven to consult the Mother Goddess, who gave him a musical instrument with 7 strings which were hairs of a fairy. When Xien Can went back to earth and played the musical instrument, miraculously a house and a large rice field appeared. A beautiful girl wife was in the house. His music was so beautiful it made people neglect their farm work, so the Mother Goddess descended to earth to reclaim the 7 fairy hairs and substituted three silk threads. Since then, the Tinh musical instrument has had just 3 strings, which represent national prosperity, national power, and love.

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