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Art
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Dragonfly
Theatre to stage award-winning British play
Following the
success of its previous plays like The Little Prince and Dangerous Liaisons,
Dragonfly Theatre presents the award winning Blue/Orange by Joe Penhall.
It is about a young
black patient in a psychiatric hospital and his two doctors who argue about
whether he is sane enough to be sent back into society.
Along the way, it
asks the question, "what is sanity?" The play turns the spotlight
on racial prejudice and how we take care of those with mental illnesses.
The play won the
Laurence Olivier Award in the
It will feature
Dragonfly's lead actor Aaron Toronto and newcomers Ryan Burkwood and Peter Muruako.
Both the latter two
are classically trained actors from the
Blue/Orange will be
performed at the Cargo Bar, 7 Nguyen Tat Thanh, District 4, three nights from
May 16-18.
ASEAN
Ministers of Culture meet in Hue
ASEAN Ministers
Responsible for Culture & Arts (AMCA) are meeting in Hue city from April
17-20 to discuss ways to boost culture and art cooperation within ASEAN and
between ASEAN plus China, Japan and the Republic of Korea.
Vietnamese Deputy
Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh is due to deliver a speech
at the meeting, the sixth of its kind.
AMCA + 3 (
AMCA 6 is expected
to release the
The AMCA +
Rockers hit
city's gymnasium for ‘Metal Night'
Four resident rock
bands will perform thrash and heavy metal music at the "Metal
Night" show to be held at the Nguyen Du Gymnasium on Saturday.
The bands include
End of Rose, Seismic Origin, Wuu Band and Sagometalho.
The show will start
at 6pm at
Tickets, which are
VND100,000, can be purchased at the TAB Shop in Phu Nhuan District.
Raglai
ethnic ceremony recognised as national heritage
The “leaving the
tomb” ceremony of the Raglai ethnic minority people in the central coastal
A certificate to
this effect was handed over to the local authorities by the Ministry of
Culture, Sports and Tourism at a ceremony on April 17.
The province is
home to more than 61,000 ethnic minority people, including 46,000 Raglai who
live mostly in Khanh Son district.
The “leaving tomb”
ceremony is one of the typical traditional rituals of the Raglai. It is
reckoned to break off the spiritual relationship between the dead and the
living to see off the dead to the other world.
The annual ceremony
is timetabled for between March and April, following the group’s food
harvest.
In addition to the
worship to ancestors and Giang (Genie) and the leaving tomb ceremony, the
Raglai’s rich culture is also packed with a variety of epics, mythologies and
legends.
Korean firm
helps boost Vietnam-RoK ties
Kumho Tires Co.,
Inc. of the
To this effect, an
aid agreement was signed in
Speaking at the
signing ceremony, Kumho Tires President and CEO Kim Chang-kyu expressed his
hope that through this aid, the association will further develop and
contribute more to the Vietnam-RoK friendship and cooperation.
Vietnamese
Ambassador Pham Huu Chi thanked the Kumho Group and the Kumho Tires company
for their great assistance for the Vietnamese community in the RoK, saying
the support will encourage them integrate into the host country, thus
fostering the friendship between the two nations.
Asian
cuisine on show in Hue
Visitors to the
ongoing biennial cultural event Hue Festival 2014 can taste food served by
top chefs at a side event, the International Gastronomy Festival, which
opened on Tuesday evening.
The festival could
be more correctly called an Asian food festival because it features 70 stands
offering food from
Vietnamese stands
showcase
Visitors can have
meals at the stalls or buy take-away food. Organisers of the gastronomic
event, the Viet Nam Tourism Administration, said the festival would help
introduce the country, particularly
"This is an
occasion to showcase
He said the
participation of chefs from other Asian countries would be an opportunity for
their Vietnamese counterparts to see where their food fitted in.
On the first night,
Vietnamese were reluctant to patronise foreign food stands as they were
unfamiliar about the food.
But, without a
doubt, the South Korean stall was the most popular because of the craze for
Korean movies and music among young people in
The festival also
provides a chance for visitors to taste
The festival runs
till Saturday.
British
Business Group sponsors Rock ‘n Roll
The British
Business Group Vietnam will host a Rock ‘n' Roll night with the UK Alumni
Vietnam Association (for Vietnamese who have studied in the
The event begins at
6:30pm with games, a card shuffle and beer tasting. A rock performance by the
band Power Jam will kick off at 8pm. At 8:50pm, there will be a lucky draw to
win a return ticket to
Tickets are
VND350,000 for BBGV and UKAV members, and VND450,000 for non-members.
Registration is at info@bbgv.org.
The cafe is at
Congolese
vocalist brings jazz to city
Gasandji, a
Congolese soul and jazz-fusion musician, will perform at a concert at the
Her performance
will be supported by Koto Brawa playing drums and percussion, Dramane Demble
playing flute, and Abdoulaye Koyutae playing guitar.
The vocalist
studied jazz at the ALTA School of Paris in the early 2000s. She has
performed at European festivals such as the Le Womad in the
Her debut album
Gasandji in 2013 was awarded the Coup de Coeur Francophone 2013 prize by the
prestigious
Weekend
excursion to tour Hung Yen villages
On Saturday, April
19, Friends of Viet Nam Heritage will organise an excursion to the Nom and Bo
Duong villages in
Leaving Ha Noi at
8.30am, visitors will arrive at the
After enjoying a
water puppet show in the village pond, the group will visit the village's
communal house and walk among fish ponds and rice fields, before returning to
Ha Noi at 3pm.
To join the tour,
contact Mai at phmai@fpt.vn or dial 0917294923. The tour costs VND580,000
(US$27) including transportation, entrance tickets and tickets for the water
puppet show. Lunch is not included.
Manzi
gallery presents concerts with a twist
Luu Khong/Jazz – a
"compo-improvisation" concert inspired by the perspective of
diverse musical traditions – will be held tomorrow at Manzi Art Space.
The combination of
modern European jazz and cheo (traditional opera) will be performed by two Danish
jazz musicians and two Vietnamese cheo artists from Ha Noi. Entrance is free.
The show starts at 8pm.
At the same venue
on Sunday, April 20, a performance by the Spiral Trio of David Kuckhermann,
Heiko Dijker and Lenneke van Staalen will begin at 8pm.
The trio, who got
together in
The concert is
supported by the Dutch embassy.
For ticket details,
contact manzihanoi@gmail.com.
Manzi Art Space is
at
Community
fair celebrates local fashion and art
The third edition
of The Travelling Trunk Fair, opening tomorrow, showcases the latest works of
15 fashion designers and brands.
Organisers say The
Travelling Trunk Fair is a community event that focuses on sustainable
development.
Held at the lobby
lounge of the Hotel de l'Opera Ha Noi, the fair, themed Fashion & Art,
brings together famous names in the local fashion industry like Devon Nguyen,
Chula, Ken, Thuy Design House, Ha Truong, Dandy, Metiseko and Tammy.
The work of two
contemporary artists, Nguyen Quoc Thanh and Phuong Linh, will also be on
display.
A part of the
profits from the three-day fair will go to the Centre for Supporting
Community Development Initiatives (SCDI) – a non-profit organisation that
works with vulnerable groups in
The fair will
remain open at
Cuban
Children’s Theatre to perform in Vietnam
An art troupe from
La Colmenita, the National Children's Theater of Cuba will perform in
The troupe will
bring Vietnamese audiences, especially children, an attractive programme with
rock and roll music and funny fairy tales, before performing for a first time
at the Hue Festival 2014.
Established in
1990, La Colmenita has delivered performances at hospitals and rehabilitation
centres for the disabled people over the past 24 years. In addition, La
Colmenita has also participated in giving free performances at squares and
theatres to serve the Cuban people.
So far, the theatre
has performed in over 25 nations and territories in the world and cooperated
with major producers such as the Bread and Puppet Theatre, Deep Mountain from
the US, Odin from Denmark, People’s Little (Bangladesh) and Les Mordus
(Belgium).
It has also gotten
involved in producing three famous films for children such as “Viva
Colombian
band enchants Hanoians
The Colombian young
band Rio en Caribe on April 16 enthralled Hanoians with a special folk dance
from the northern coastal region of
This art form aims
to encourage the inter-cultural dialogue for peace and social development,
said the Chargé d’affaires of
He highlighted the
performance as an opportunity for the nine-member band, set up in 2007, to
introduce their local culture to Vietnamese audiences.
The band also
played various music instruments such as Gaitas and drum that were formed in
Colombian states of
The group has
already participated in Hue Festival 2014 that is taking place in the central
Culinary
arts of ethnic minority groups introduced
Traditional dishes
of
The event, part of
the Vietnam Ethnic Groups Cultural Day (April 19) celebrations from April
15-20, attracted a large number of tourists.
Artisans from
different ethnic minority groups introduced more than fifty dishes, twenty
varieties of wine, and over thirty different types of cake.
Visitors to the
food festival had the chance to taste various traditional dishes, such as
Thang Co (horse meat) of Mong, Phèo Trâu (buffalo meat) of Muong, Xôi ngũ sắc
(steamed sticky rice in five colors) of Thai in northern region, ten types of
Chè (sweet soups) of Hue in central region, as well as tropical fruits from
the Mekong Delta.
The event aimed to
highlight the importance of cultural values and introduce culinary arts as
well as strengthen solidarity among ethnic minority people in
A grand show to
honour ca
The show's amusing
melodies on Wednesday night attracted thousands of locals and visitors to an
illuminated stage in Nghinh Luong Pavilion, located on the riverbanks of the
Huong (Perfume) River.
Songs of ca
Around 37
composers, musicians, vocals and researchers were also honoured for their
devotion to the conservation of ca
Ca Hue is said to
bear similar significance to Vietnamese traditional music like don ca tai tu
(Southern folk music) and ca tru (ceremonial singing) performed in the north.
This year's Hue
Festival is the first time a separate show of ca Hue has been performed, with
previous performances of the art form been incorporated into a number of
existing performances.
The local
department of culture, sports and tourism pledged they would file a petition
for ca
Ca Hue music, also
known as "the
VTV to host
show dedicated to Dien Bien Phu Victory
A show to celebrate
the great Dien Bien Phu Victory in 1954 and a unique meeting with war
veterans will take place at the Viet Nam Television headquarters next Monday.
Titled Dien Bien
Phu - Ban Giao Huong Hoa Binh (Dien Bien Phu - A Symphony of Peace), the show
will include various songs and dance performances as well as interviews with
war veterans and French film director Daniel Roussel, the creator of The
Battle between a Tiger and an Elephant that features the historic battle.
Interviews with
former soldiers living in
Organisers
reveal plans for VN Film Festival in France
A Vietnamese Film
Festival will be held in July in the French coastal city of
The event will be
organised by the French company Iriscommsex in collaboration with the Cinema
Department under
Ngo Phuong Lan,
director of the department, said the festival would bring to the French
audience films made during the last two decades, which are considered to
reflect important historical events and the development of Viet Nam–France
relations as well as the growth of
In addition,
several films on the theme of
Speaking at the
press conference, the French Ambassador to Viet Nam Jean Noel Poirier pointed
out that cinema would be a window for the French audience to look into the
Vietnamese culture.
He said he had seen
several Vietnamese films, and through these he had felt the movements and
aspirations of a country that is fast transforming itself.
The Vietnamese Film
Festival in Saint Malo is one of the most eagerly awaited events of the Viet
Nam Year in
Festival
honours national saint
A festival to
commemorate the legendary national hero Saint Quy Minh was held on April 17
in the
Vice President
Nguyen Thi Doan and thousands of tourists from both home and abroad joined
the annual event in celebration of the saint, who made great contributions in
defending the country. They could join an incense-offering ceremony at
Legend has it that
Saint Quy Minh is one of the three Vietnamese to have been bestowed with
sainthood, alongside Tan Vien and Cao Son. They are honoured for protecting
the country under the reign of 18 th Hung King, Due Vuong (408-258 BC).
Local authorities
are paying great attention to integrating festive activities with tourism
promotion programmes. They wish for international support to help name Trang
An scenic landscape complex as a Natural Wonder of the World.
The ongoing Hue
Festival in the central
Examples of
Local artists
performed pieces of the
The atmosphere was
later also filled with melodies of Xoan singing - a traditional ritual folk
genre - from the northern
“Am sac Viet” will
run until April 18.
Meanwhile, “Am sac
Huong Binh” (Huong Binh Tune) at Nghinh Luong Pavilion was dedicated to
highlighting values of the Hue singing which embodies both royal and
folkloric features, thus becoming a distinctive component of Hue’s identity.
The audience had a
chance to enjoy the genre through the voice of many artists, particularly
Thanh Tam, who is at her 70s and has spent her whole life singing in the
The programme was
concluded while flower lanterns floated down the Huong (Perfume) River - the
traditional backdrop of the singing.
The Hue Festival is
held every two years to honour the unique cultural and historical values of
Traditional
offering ritual observed in Hue
A traditional
offering ritual was held on April 17 to pray for national peace, prosperity
and favourable weather on the Nam Giao Esplanade in the imperial city of
The ritual, one of
the conventional rites under the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945) and part of the
ongoing 2014 Hue Festival, has been restored and conducted as it was done
during the feudal era.
Measures have been
taken to enable more people to join in the incense-offering ceremony, said
Phan Thanh Hai, director of the Centre for the Reservation of Hue Relics.
The Nam Giao
Esplanade was built in Duong Xuan village, south of the ancient Hue Citadel,
in 1806, under the reign of the dynasty’s founder, King Gia Long (1762-1820).
In 1807, the king held his first worshipping ceremony there.
It was recognised
by UNESCO as world cultural heritage in 1993.
The biennial Hue
Festival, the eighth of its kind, is taking place in the UNESCO-recognised
World Cultural Heritage city of
Concert
honors Dien Bien Phu Victory
Vietnam Television
will hold a concert celebrating the Dien Bien Phu Victory in 1954 in
The show “Dien Bien
Phu - Ban Giao Huong Hoa Binh” (
The highlight of
the event is interviews with war veterans during the show.
The performance
will be broadcasted live on VTV1, VTV4 and VTV6 channels.
Photo
exhibition featuring Ede ethnic minority opens in Dak Lak
A photo exhibition
featuring traditional culture and lifestyle of
The event is
organized by
ISEE provided
cameras and taught
The display
features 176 photos of rituals, cultural characteristics, changes in the
living under social and economical fluctuation, and cultural exchanges of
The event will run
until August 15.
Source: VNN/VNA/VNS/SGGP/VOV
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Thứ Sáu, 18 tháng 4, 2014
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