I Ko-Nia-Trädets Skugga
1973 · Befria Södern BS 5 · Sweden
- Artist
- Freedom Singers
- Title
- I Ko-Nia-Trädets Skugga
- Release
- Lär känna Vietnam
- Year
- 1973
- Label
- Befria Södern # BS 5
- Format
- LP · Album (live)
- Language
- Vietnamese
- Country
- Sweden
- Songwriter
- Phan Huỳnh Điểu
- Genre
- Vietnamese Music · Nhạc đỏ
- Primary theme
- Vietnamese Patriotic
Notes
The artist is credited as 'Freedom Singers' (the PRG - Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam - song and dance troupe). 'Recorded August 21, 1973 at Stockholm Konserthus.' Contains Vietnamese songs and dances from the liberation struggle performed by the PRR's (PRG's) dance and song group. Recorded by Alvar Piehl; printed by General Printing AB; published by De Förenade FNL-Grupperna (the Swedish FNL groups). Song of the Central Highlands kơ-nia tree, a symbol of a divided family awaiting reunification.
About the artist
The Freedom Singers were the song-and-dance troupe of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam, which toured Sweden in 1973.
Themes
Vietnamese Patriotic · Reunification · Vietnamese Perspective · Lost Love