page_title: Hà Thị Cầu
hierarchical_section_title: Hà Thị Cầu
caption_attribution_description: Tiếng Việt: Nghệ nhân hát xẩm Hà Thị Cầu
context_page_description: Hà Thị Cầu was a famous blind Vietnamese xẩm singer. Cầu was one of six traditional singers whose works were selected for study and preservation in the late 1990s.
  Ha Thi Cau was born in 1921 to an extremely poor family in Nam Dinh province. At an early age, she followed her parents as they wandered from town to town singing for money. Xam lyrics and the music of her parents’ generation was absorbed in her heart and mind. Her performance reflected her love for her homeland and family and her passion for Xam singing. She didn’t know how to read and write but she remembered the lyrics of hundreds of songs.
  Ha Thi Cau was granted the honorary titles of People’s Artist and Emeritus Artist in 1993, and received VOV’s Certificate of Merit and the special prize for “Cheo artist of Ninh Binh province” at the national festival of Tuong and Cheo singing. In 2008, she was given the Dao Tan award for her contributions to preserving folklore art. Her death was a great loss to Xam music and Vietnamese folk art.
context_section_description: Hà Thị Cầu (1928 - 3 March 2013) was a famous blind Vietnamese xẩm singer. Cầu was one of six traditional singers whose works were selected for study and preservation in the late 1990s.  
  Ha Thi Cau was born in 1921 to an extremely poor family in Nam Dinh province. At an early age, she followed her parents as they wandered from town to town singing for money. Xam lyrics and the music of her parents’ generation was absorbed in her heart and mind. Her performance reflected her love for her homeland and family and her passion for Xam singing. She didn’t know how to read and write but she remembered the lyrics of hundreds of songs.
  Ha Thi Cau was granted the honorary titles of People’s Artist and Emeritus Artist in 1993, and received VOV’s Certificate of Merit and the special prize for “Cheo artist of Ninh Binh province” at the national festival of Tuong and Cheo singing. In 2008, she was given the Dao Tan award for her contributions to preserving folklore art. Her death was a great loss to Xam music and Vietnamese folk art.
caption: Xam maestro Ha Thi Cau
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