Traditional Cham fire keeper

Contest Entry Code: 6c215bd0a8b74961bcf96e2613937da6

Unit: Individual

Place of creation: Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa, Phường Bắc Nha Trang, Khánh Hòa, Việt Nam

He is an elderly Cham artisan in Ninh Thuan province (old), who has devoted his whole life to folk music and traditional musical instruments of his people. With skillful hands and a passionate heart, he has performed for many years in Kate, Rija Nuga festivals or sacred ceremonies of the community. The music he plays is not only a melody, but also a spiritual voice, connecting people with gods, with heaven and earth and ancestors. In the community, he is respected as a keeper of the cultural soul, passing on precious spiritual values ​​to the younger generation. Through music, he preserves and spreads the Cham ethnic identity, so that the tradition not only lives in memory, but also resonates forever in the present and the future.