random snippets from North Vietnam Album

These recordings are from various street performers around the Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi's old quarter, except for the 5 flautists practicing, who were recorded near the Perfume River in Huế. I did not make a recording of the woman in the image, unfortunately. She is a Hmong woman who made and sold jaw harps and who helped me on an incredibly muddy, slippery hike through the mountains outside of Sapa.