The living room is cleared. The host taps a wine glass with a knife, and people file in, filling the sofas and chairs that are pushed up against the walls. Soon every seat in the house is taken, and a bottle of schnapps is passed around. Lyon Hansen, who minutes before was knocking about in the kitchen, walks over and picks up a guitar and starts to play. Hoyma has begun.
For one night, homeowners primarily in Sydrugota, a small town on the Faroe Islands, open their doors, inviting friends, family and tourists in to enjoy intimate (亲密的) concerts by local artists. The tradition dates back nearly 500 years to a time when Faroese life had to move underground due to Danish rule. The culture and the language was kept alive in people’s living rooms, where they gathered to sing and tell stories.
The modern Hoyma concert series started as an offshoot (分支) of the G! Festival, an annual musical event on the beaches of Eysturoy every summer since 2002. Around 2007, G! Festival’s creator Jón Tyril, exhausted by all the red tape (繁文缛节) that came with putting on a big music festival, started to dream a little smaller. Specifically, he started to think about tiny concerts held in living rooms—no sound systems or spotlights, the audience made up of as many people as can fit inside a house. The idea resounded in his mind, not only because it didn’t involve any heavy lifting, physically or mentally, but also because it went back to the longstanding Faroese tradition.
Since 2007, Hoyma has featured 20 concerts in ten different family homes in Sydrugota. For Laksá, hosting the concerts is not only fun, but a way to give back, and to ensure the islands survive in the modern world. As in many families, her daughters grew up and left the Faroes. “They studied in the U. K. for nine years, but both came back,” she says. “I actually think that Hoyma is partly the reason why many children from this village that go abroad come back. They are proud of it.”
4. How does the author introduce the topic?
A.By presenting a scene. | B.By evaluating an argument. |
C.By clarifying a concept. | D.By making an assumption. |
5. When can the tradition of Hoyma be traced to?
A.A stage when the G! Festival was needed by the Faroese. |
B.A period when only local artists were allowed to perform. |
C.An occasion when people celebrated the encounters with tourists. |
D.A time when freedom of the Faroese was limited because of Danish rule. |
6. What does Jón Tyril think of home concerts?
A.Economical and varied. | B.Convenient and entirely original. |
C.Accessible and profitable. | D.Simple and culturally attached. |
7. What does the author indicate by mentioning Laksá and her daughters?
A.Hoyma contributes to the survival of the islands. |
B.Hoyma reflects the affection between mother and children. |
C.Hoyma is gaining popularity across the globe in modern times. |
D.Hoyma becomes enter taining with the involvement of the young. |