quan họ

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Vietnamese[edit]

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Liền anh, liền chị hát quan họ trên thuyền rồng tại Hồ Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội

Etymology[edit]

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Noun[edit]

quan họ

  1. (music) quan ho, a style of antiphonal Vietnamese folk music with alternating groups of female and male singers issuing musical challenges and responses, originally from Bắc Ninh Province