Hát chầu văn (,

chữ Nôm Chữ Nôm (, ) is a logographic writing system formerly used to write the Vietnamese language. It uses Chinese characters to represent Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary and some native Vietnamese words, with other words represented by new characters ...

: 喝朝文), or in secular form hát văn (喝文),Dale Alan Olsen, ''Popular music of Vietnam: the politics of remembering'', 2008. p 278. index "chầu văn, ..." several entries. is a traditional

folk art Folk art covers all forms of visual art made in the context of folk culture. Definitions vary, but generally the objects have practical utility of some kind, rather than being exclusively decorative art, decorative. The makers of folk art a ...

of northern Vietnam which combines trance singing and dancing. Its music and poetry are combined with a variety of instruments, rhythms, pauses, and tempos. Hát chầu văn originated in the 16th century and spread quickly. The main

musical instrument A musical instrument is a device created or adapted to make Music, musical sounds. In principle, any object that produces sound can be considered a musical instrument—it is through purpose that the object becomes a musical instrument. A person ...

used in hat van performance is the

đàn nguyệt The ''đàn nguyệt'' ( Vietnamese pronunciation: Help:IPA/Vietnamese, �ǎn ŋwiə̂ˀt"moon-shaped lute", Chữ Nôm: 彈月) also called ''nguyệt cầm'' (Chữ Hán: 月琴), ''đàn kìm'', is a two-stringed Vietnam, Vietnamese tradit ...

or moon-shaped lute. The genre is famous for its use in rituals for deity mediumship. Chầu văn serves two purposes: to help hypnotize the medium for reception of the deities and to accompany the medium's actions with appropriate music. The singing and dance in non-religious form is hát văn ("sung literature") without the word chầu ("to have an audience with someone of higher power", "to perform a service and pay homage to a deity").Olga Dror ''Cult, Culture, and Authority: Princess Liễu Hạnh in Vietnamese History'' 2007

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chau Van 16th-century music genres Vietnamese traditional theatre Vietnamese folk religion Music of Vietnam Dance in Vietnam

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