Xam - A Tale of Vietnamese Folk Music

Xam is known in Viet Nam (1) ___ folk music usually performed by blind street singers (2) _ their living. As it originated from the working class and poor people, Xam has become an intellectual part of the folks’ cultural life. Its most distinctive (3) _ lie in the simplicity and popularity of its lyrics which often tell daily-life stories, satirizing and criticizing severely the social evils while highly praising education and humanitarian (4) _.

Therefore, Xam doesn’t care so much about (5) _ and stages like other types of traditional arts. Xam singing can be performed (6) _, on any street or comer where large numbers of people pass. It is so simple that anyone can sing some verses to express their inner (7) _ on life.

After a long period of (8) _ , Xam has recently been revitalized by a programme titled “Tale of Xam” performed by master artists of Vietnamese traditional music through their beautiful vocals and talented musical skills.

The artists performed in such a simple way without accompaniment in order to (9) the soul of Xam performed by our forefathers. The effect of the programme could (10) _ through the joy of audiences and their enthusiastic talks with artists.
After a long period of (8) _____ , Xam has recently been revitalized by a programme titled “Tale of Xam” performed by master artists of Vietnamese traditional music …

refusal

raise

rise

decline

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refusal (n): sự từ chối

raise (n): sự nâng, tăng

rise (n): sự tăng

decline (n): sự giảm

=>After a long period of decline , Xam has recently been revitalized by a programme titled “Tale of Xam” performed by master artists of Vietnamese traditional music …

Tạm dịch: Sau một thời gian dài suy giảm, Xẩm gần đây đã được hồi sinh bởi một chương trình có tựa đề "Tale of Xam" được thực hiện bởi các nghệ sĩ bậc thầy của âm nhạc truyền thống Việt Nam …