Vietnamese Catchy Coronavirus Safety Dance Goes Viral
03 March 2020 |
11:01 am
Vietnam is fighting the spread of the novel coronavirus in a genius way with its Ministry of Health releasing an animated video with lyrics telling its citizens to "push back the virus Corona, Corona". The catchy tune samples from pop song "Jealous" -- or "Ghen" in Vietnamese by singers Erik and Min. "Ghen Co Vy," based…
Vietnamese Catchy Coronavirus Safety Dance | Courtesy Photo
Vietnam is fighting the spread of the novel coronavirus in a genius way with its Ministry of Health releasing an animated video with lyrics telling its citizens to “push back the virus Corona, Corona”.
The catchy tune samples from pop song “Jealous” — or “Ghen” in Vietnamese by singers Erik and Min.
“Ghen Co Vy,” based on the melody of the V-pop hit “Ghen,” was written by Khac Hung, in collaboration with the National Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health. It’s performed by the tune’s original singers ERIK and MIN. The goal is to communicate how to protect yourself from the virus and boost public morale.
“Vietnam made a song about washing your hands to prevent coronavirus infection, and it absolutely slaps,” Oliver said on Sunday’s episode . “That’s a genuine club banger right there.”
This move by the usually staid Communist government was met with approval as hundred of thousands viewed the video on YouTube as it was also featured on HBO’s comedic news show “Last Week Tonight”, with host John Oliver calling it a “genuine club-banger”.
Home-made videos featuring a catchy Vietnamese song and an accompanying dance about the necessity of hand-washing during the coronavirus crisis have racked up more than 2 million views on video app TikTok.
In Vietnam, the nation’s youth have taken to TikTok performing hand-washing dance moves, making sure to rub in-between their fingers and their fingernails which health professionals have recommended.
Spin-offs include office workers grooving at their desks and even people dressed in the Hmong ethnic minority outfits dancing in front of a waterfall.
“The remote village also prevents and fights the epidemic,” read the caption on a video featuring the Hmong couple.
Watch the viral safety video below:
The video was popularised by dancer and internet personality Qang Dang, who has nearly 300,000 followers on TikTok and Instagram, he and another dancer performed it with light-hearted swagger on a street with food vendors. The infectious track got so much attention, it sparked a trending dance called the #ghencovychallenge on TikTok, choreographed by Dang.
It was tagged with the government-issued hashtag #ghencovychallenge, and Dang’s original video has been viewed more than 1.1 million times.
The song provides guidance on how to prevent infection, such as washing hands by “rub, rub, rubbing evenly” and limiting “visits to crowded places”.
“I want to use my own language (dance) to spread the right information about fighting Covid-19 to as many people as possible,” Quang Dang tells Billboard about his decision to launch a dance challenge to a coronavirus PSA. “Especially the young people! They usually don’t get the right information.
“I think knowledge is power, this is the information era,” he continues. “We have false information everywhere. So getting the right awareness and right information is very important so we can use our power in the right way.”
“We want the song to give fire and reduce tension for those… leading this fight, including experts, doctors, medical workers and millions of labourers who are on the frontline to fight this epidemic daily,” the health ministry posted in the video’s description.
“Vietnam is determined to win this epidemic!”
Vietnam has 16 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, though it says all patients have recovered and been discharged.
The country shares a border with China and after five confirmed cases emerged from a small village an hour from Hanoi, Vietnam put it under quarantine to prevent the spread of the virus.
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