Drunk on the Mong flute

Although he is 85 years old, Mr. Lo Van Tung, village 3, Thuoc Ha, Tan Thanh commune, still regularly performs with the Mong panpipe.

Mr. Tung was born in 1940. Previously, his family and 20 Mong households moved from Xin Man district, Ha Giang province to Tan Thanh commune, Ham Yen district to live. In his new hometown, Mr. Tung still kept two Mong panpipes that he bought from his old hometown; he still regularly practiced graceful and skillful panpipe dances. Not only did he participate in performances during holidays, Tet, and festivals in the commune, he was also selected by the commune to participate in exchanges and performances at the district and provincial levels.

Mr. Tung shared that he was passionate about playing the Mong flute and its dances since he was a child, so at the age of 20 he found a teacher to learn how to play the flute and dance with it. In 3 years, the teacher taught him 360 Mong flute songs, becoming a proficient flute player.

When learning to play the flute, the most difficult thing is to use the right fingers in accordance with the movements and breath sounds. Some people can breathe well, but forget to control their fingers, so they cannot complete the song. Therefore, a good flute player and dancer is someone who knows how to feel the music and skillfully combine hand and foot movements with breathing to play the flute. Therefore, not everyone can both play the flute and dance well.

Mr. Lo Van Tung, village 3 Thuoc Ha, Tan Thanh commune (Ham Yen) plays Mong flute.

Mr. Lo Van My, Mr. Tung's son, said that he and his brothers all loved to listen to their father play the Hmong flute and dance, but no one could learn it like him. However, he always taught his children to preserve the national cultural identity, so he and everyone else participated in traditional sports such as stick pushing and tug of war...

Recently, at the Mong ethnic cultural and sports festival organized by the district People's Committee, he competed in stick pushing and won first prize. He also often participates in sports competitions organized by the commune. This is an opportunity for ethnic people in the commune and district to exchange, learn, and together preserve and promote the unique cultural features of their ethnic groups in the locality.

Mr. Lo Van Tung talks with his grandson about how to learn to play the flute.

Enjoying listening to her grandfather play the flute, Lo Thi Hien, 9 years old, granddaughter of Mr. Tung, said that every time she heard him play the flute, she really liked it. He told her that she was still young, and if she liked it later, he would teach her how to play the flute. She believed that as long as she was truly passionate and practiced diligently, she would learn.

On every occasion of holidays and Tet, Mr. Tung plays the flute and performs for the local people. Those are songs praising the Party, beloved Uncle Ho, praising the renewed homeland. Mr. Tung said, thanks to the Party and Uncle Ho, the Mong people have land to live on, fields to cultivate, can live in peace, take care of production and develop the economy. With the cheerful and bustling sound of the flute... he always wants to enrich the spiritual life of the people, which is also the way for him to preserve the cultural identity of the Mong people here.

Source: https://baophutho.vn/say-dieu-khen-mong-219588.htm