Since late August, we have adjusted the content, especially after we received the National Heritage Council’s opinions. The adjustment is not simply the change from “Quan Ho cultural space” to “Quan Ho folk singing”. We made adjustments a long time ago when we learned about UNESCO’s new standards and new form of recognition.
In the past, UNESCO recognised intangible and unwritten cultural heritages of mankind. Accordingly, UNESCO could recognise sets of cultural elements in a space, but now they ask for submissions of specific heritages to avoid submissions for sets of cultural elements in an overly-large geographical region.
The National Heritage Council didn’t say much about the name of the documents, but focused on what we should call it, Quan Ho Bac Ninh or only Quan ho. If we call the heritage Quan Ho Bac Ninh it will be difficult for the agency that considers the documents because Quan Ho is also in Bac Giang.
