Triêng people with nails

Over the years, the Trieng still retains many valuable cultural capital, including traditional music and especially the value of the flute, to enrich the cultural and spiritual life.

The Trieng people (a local group belonging to the Gie-Trieng ethnic group), which have a traditional culture from thousands of generations, meet the characteristics of mountainous residents. The Trieng people live mainly in the three communes of La De, Dac Pre and Dak Pring in the high mountainous districts of Nam Giang and Quang Nam.

Every time the sound of the flute whistles up to the sound of drums and gongs, that sound spreads, soaring into the alley, on the high slopes of the Trieng settlement, creating a fanciful cultural space. ...

Old 84-year-old Zoro Tram Village, Trieng ethnicity, now in Dak Ta Well village, La De De commune, Nam Giang district, Quang Nam province said: Dinh tut is made from bamboo, which grows a lot in areas of the Trieng live, but not every tree can make the right nail tips and sound good. The mark of the Trieng consists of six different long, short and large tubes made from bamboo trunks.

The nails are in order from big to small and from the shortest to the shortest: Piđu, piđy, chel, chak, ron 1, ron 2. Each nail has a slang and is kept one eye, the hollow head is sharpened The two sides create a funnel-shaped tube to blow. Want to blow the nail, must have health and technology. Their screwdriver sets are now smaller and shorter than traditional screws, so many people know how to blow.

According to our research, to blow nails, there must be eight or more people. In which eight artisans blow the nail, depending on each person's specialties, each person in charge of a tube, the remaining two artists work in harmony with the gong. Good or bad, depends on the person who created it, from choosing the type of structure to the sound absorption is the experience of that artisan.

Dinh tut is an indispensable musical instrument in daily life, in production labor, especially in the spring. In addition, during the festivals of the community such as the ceremony of establishing a village, the celebration of new houses, weddings ... and especially it is always present in the traditional Cho Dockil festival, often called the nailing festival of Triêng people.

The Trieng people grew up in the sound of nails, this unique flute also contributes to the love of couples.

The elder of Zoro Tram Chili adds: Depending on the number of pieces, the blowing person harmonizes in three or four pairs. In the process of blowing nails, the shortest and shortest pair of nails will blow first, followed by the middle pair, and then the longest pair will harmonize together into eight rhythms, called the corresponding eight nail tips: Za zá , pè lle, tuk gong hoong, zong zong, slippery, zân zăih ... mixed with the dances to create a continuous flow makes the Assembly to continue.

The flexible transformation of the nail tips and the flexibility of the Trieng girls in the most beautiful traditional costumes, with the dances and the flute flutes resounding in the narrow valleys and mountains into the festival. create a sound rich in emotion and generosity to make the soul of Trieng people always comfortable, gentle ...

The sound of the flute flaring up, the sound of it flying and spreading on the high slopes of the ancient settlements of the Trieng Hoa people, along with the drums and gongs, into the mountains and forests create a fanciful cultural space. , urge everyone to put aside all worries of daily life to pray for a peaceful, happy, rainy and rainy season, good harvest and plenty, everyone loves and covers each other.

In addition to the field work, in their spare time, they all spend time to transfer careers to young people and everyone is interested in learning to blow this unique instrument. Up to now, the communes such as La De De, Dak Pre and Dak Pring have formed many teams of nails such as: The nailing team of the Daktak and Yes villages, Dak Waay, Dak Loi, Dak Hilil, Dak Oo, Dak Re ...

If we have the opportunity to visit the regions of the Trieng people living in the festive season, we still hear the sound of the sound of the flute at all times and everywhere, humming into the subconscious and sending messages of good things. for the Trieng community. This is a good sign of this community in preserving and developing traditional music.