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Quan họ singing is a Vietnamese folk music style characterized both by its antiphonal nature with alternating groups of female and male singers issuing musical challenges and responses and by the fact that most of the songs in the repertoire deal with topics of love and sentimentality as experienced by young adults.Quan ho is recognised as the Intangible Cultural Heritage by the UNESCO in 2009.The quan họ style originated in what is now Bắc Ninh Province and was first recorded in the 13th century and has traditionally been associated with the spring festivals that follow the celebration of Tết (the Vietnamese New Year).
