Art & Entertainment News 22/12
National television festival wraps up
The 34th National Television Festival wrapped up in
The judges awarded prizes to nearly half of the 513 entries
submitted for consideration at the festival.
Tran Binh Minh, general director of Viet Nam Television and
chairman of the festival organisers, said the entries reflected many aspects
of life in the country and were produced using new technology.
However, he added that many of them were not creative enough
and he expected a breakthrough at next year's festival in
The award winners covered the protection of Vietnamese
sovereignty over the Paracel (Hoang Sa) and Spratly (Truong Sa) achipelagoes;
and environmental protection at a time of rising pollution and illegal
deforestation.
This year's festival welcomed 116 production units with over
500 programmes based on music, children's programmes, documentaries, reports,
science and education, talk shows, ethnic languages and television series.
It was the second time that
Singer Ha Tran releases new album
Vietnamese diva Ha Tran has released her latest album, Tinh Ca
Qua The Ky Vol 2 (Love Songs through the Century Vol 2), featuring love
ballads by veteran composers.
Vol 1 was released in 2007 in the
Ha said she decided to release the new album in
"When the first volume was released in the
The new CD features 14 songs by famed composers such as Y Van,
Tu Cong Phung, Nguyen Anh 9, Lam Phuong, Dien An and Luu Trong Lu. It was
recorded in the
Photo exhibition features the beauty of Ha Noi
A photo exhibition has opened at the Kim Dong Culture Centre
in Ha Noi showcasing the natural beauty and people of the capital.
The photos were selected from a contest themed "Exploring
Ha Noi", and feature famous sites in Ha Noi such as
Tran Quoc Chiem, deputy director of the municipal Department
of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said the photos told the story of Ha Noi for
visitors to enjoy.
The exhibition, organised by the Department of Culture, Sports
and Tourism, runs until December 30.
Lam Dong Tea Culture Week kicks off
The fifth Lam Dong Tea Culture Week 2014 themed “Tea flavour
on Lam Dong Plateau” was kicked off on December 21 in the Central Highlands
city of
The event, part of the Central Highlands- Da Lat National
Tourism Year 2014, includes a festival honouring B’lao tea, a contest of
picking tea, a tea trade fair, and an exhibition on tea products.
Besides, on December 22-23, workshops on solutions to
sustainable development of Lam Dong’s tea industry will also be held.
The Lam Dong Tea Culture Week is one of the province’s key
cultural events aiming to honour tea growers and processors.
It also looks to popularise the B’lao tea brands as well as
boosting promotion activities of the tea production in Lam Dong province
The culture week runs through to December 25 in cities and
districts of Bao Loc, Di Linh, Bao Lam and Da Lat.
The Vietnam Tea Association (Vitas) expects the country will
earn US$245 million from tea exports by the end of the year thanks to efforts
to promote trade activities, reorganise production, diversify the product
range, and improve the quality of tea.
Exhibition on Paracel and Spratly archipelagos to open in Kien
Giang
An exhibition on historical and legal evidence proving
The exhibition is due to be open from December 22 – 28 in Phu
Quoc island district and from December 23 - 28 in Rach Gia city. Opening time
are 8 am – 11 am and 2 pm – 5 pm.
Maps and a number of publications and documents written by
Vietnamese and foreign historians and researchers are on display.
All of them are important historical and legal evidence
asserting that the Vietnamese states have explored, exploited and exercised
sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa and others waters since the 17th
century in an uninterrupted and peaceful manner.
The exhibition aims at deepening the understanding of
historical truth and confirming the nation’s sovereignty over the two
archipelagos.
Maps and documents donated by the exhibition’s organising
board after the event will be displayed at the Phu Quoc prison historical
relic site.
Exhibition highlights Uncle Ho’s life at Presidential Palace
An exhibition on President Ho Chi Minh’s daily life and work
from 1954-1969 at the
Hundreds of photos and objects are displayed focusing on two
main topics: the life of the President and conservation work of the Ho Chi
Minh relic site, which covers the stilt house where the President lived
during the last years of his life and the Ho Chi Minh Museum.
Many valuable photos show the President in meetings with
foreign guests and talks with outstanding soldiers and workers. Some captured
moments when he lovingly talked to and played games with children.
Numerous drafts of documents he wrote are also on show, including
remarks at the June 13, 1955 conference on promoting production and reducing
hunger, his appeal to the country to resist against the US invaders dated
July 17, 1966, and his testament.
The 45 years of maintaining and developing the relic site are
reflected in documentary images and documents, after it was established in
1969 following the President’s death.
The relic site has served nearly 60 million visitors who come
to study about the first President of Vietnam’s life, career, and
revolutionary ideology.
Book on Vietnamese culture unveiled in Rome
An Italian book on Vietnamese culture titled “
The book has a collection of Vietnamese folklores, legends,
and historic figures compiled by Alessandra Chiricosta, a PhD on culture in
Southeast Asia, and Maurizio Gatti, a specialist on East Asia and
Through the book, the readers could understand the way
Vietnamese people perceive the world surrounding them as well as the
formation of Vietnamese characteristics and the uniqueness of Vietnamese rich
culture, the authors said.
Through passing down from generations to generations orally,
Vietnamese people have been able to keep and educate the next generations on
heritage of their country’s origins, history, and rich culture, Alessandra
said.
Quan Vinh, an overseas Vietnamese who has settled in
Cor ethnic minorities preserve cultural identities
The Neu pole raising ritual and a set of worshipping objects
called Gu used in the buffalo sacrifice ceremony have been well preserved by
the Cor ethnic people in the central province of Quang Nam for generations as
they hold a significant standing in the local spiritual life.
The Cor people is one of the main ethnic minority groups
residing in Quang Nam’s mountainous areas, mostly in Tra Kot and Tra Nu
communes of Bac Tra My district.
According to ninety-year-old patriarch Tran Van Hanh from Tra
Kot, who is usually entrusted with making the Neu pole and the Gu set, the
buffalo sacrifice ceremony is to worship gods and ancestors to pray for
health and wealthy for the family and the whole village. Although the service
is often organised by a rich family, it also attracts other villagers who
will contribute rice, wine, chickens, and pigs.
The erection of a Neu pole is important since it will serve as
a bridge inviting gods and ancestors from the heaven to witness the buffalo
sacrifice, he added.
The wooden pole, about 4m high, is engraved with colourful
images of the sun, the moon, mountains, streams, villages, crops, and livestock.
A buffalo will be tied to the Neu pole during the ceremony.
Patterns carved on the pole demonstrate the harmony between
man and the nature as well as the formation and development of the Cor
community, Deputy Director of the Bac Tra My Cultural Centre Duong Lai said,
adding that the banana flower-shaped top of the pole implies prosperity and
development while a wooden black drongo on it represents the ethnic group’s
unyieldingness in production and struggle against enemies.
Meanwhile, the Gu set is hung inside the house of the
ceremony’s host. One item will be suspended on the main door to wish for good
lucks to the host while another more sophisticated at the middle of the house
for gods and ancestors to sit on and receive offerings laid beneath.
In July 2014, Bac Tra My district inaugurated an ethnic
cultural square with a Neu pole erected at the centre and an exhibition hall
with a Gu set hung inside.
Two months later, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
recognised the Neu pole raising ritual and the worshipping set as national
intangible cultural heritages, which is believed to further encourage the Cor
people to uphold their traditions.
Vice Chairwoman of the district People’s Committee Huynh Thi
Thuy Dung said that in the coming time, local authorities will collect all
documents on the practice of the buffalo sacrifice to make booklets to be
handed over to local villages and schools, helping raise the Cor ethnic
minorities’ awareness of maintaining and promoting their traditional cultural
values.
Half-Korean girl, US teacher named winner of Your Face Sounds
Familiar Kids
A Korean-Vietnamese 8-year-old girl and her mentor, an
American singer/ teacher, won the first controversial local season of the
“Your Face Sounds Familiar Kids” reality show past midnight on Saturday.
Ju Uyen Nhi, also known as Ju So Yeun, and her mentor- Kyo
York- got away with a trophy and an award of VND700 million (US$32,947), with
VND500 million to go to charity.
The pair masqueraded and performed impressively as Hong Nhung,
a local pop diva, during the show’s final on Friday night.
Born to a Korean father and a Vietnamese mother who are both
living in
The little girl began learning to sing and perform since she
was 3.5 years old.
Meanwhile, Kyo York, who has lived in
York, who speaks impeccable Vietnamese and performs emotional
Vietnamese songs pretty well, has released several videos which feature him
singing against the gorgeous background of Vietnamese landscapes in different
regions of the country, including the Mekong Delta.
The season is an adaptation of the Portuguese reality TV show
“Your Face Sounds Familiar” for children.
It required contestants to disguise themselves as celebrated
singers regarding their appearance and voice.
Six kid contestants, aged from nine to 15, teamed up with six
adult contenders from the first and second series of “Your Face Sounds
Familiar” to perform in duos, masquerading as iconic musical performers of
different eras.
The six adult contenders, who are local actors and singers
apart from Kyo, mentor their young partners from all along.
However, the final sparked mixed reactions among viewers as
three out of the six acts featured male artists dressing up as members of the
opposite sex.
Kyo and two other artists, Minh Thuan and Chi Thien, disguised
themselves as a local pop diva, a queen of the feudal times, and a nun for
their acts.
Kyo’s appearance with a huge hair bun, heavy make-up and
oversized “breast” scared several of the kids in the audiences.
The final of the show, meant for kids as main contestants and
audience members, did not end until past midnight, which is another minus.
The high frequency of kids masquerading, or seeing their
partners act, as celebrities of the opposite sex in the program’s previous
rounds has created unease among many parents, viewers, and
educators.
According to a number of TV viewers, Tuoi Tre (Youth)
newspaper readers, and Quynh Nguyen – a Tuoi Tre reporter- who covered the
program from beginning to end, the show’s minuses outweighed its pluses.
Apart from its inappropriate airing time of 9:00 pm, which is
quite late for most kids, the show’s most worrying shortcomings are the high
frequency of opposite-sex impersonation and undue mimicking.
Local TV viewers and the Tuoi Tre reporter observed that
almost all of the 10 aired episodes feature at least one opposite-sex
impersonation stunt.
Though the show’s organizer made it clear right from the
beginning that boys were not allowed to dress up as female stars to avoid
controversy and a public backlash, young girls freely impersonated male
celebrities.
Psychologists and parents have expressed concerns that
excessive imitation can be a major impediment to kids’ creativity, and
opposite-sex impersonation which involves the kid contestants themselves or
their adult partners can leave a lasting adverse impact on the children’s
growing awareness of their own gender orientation.
However, comedian Quoc Thuan- the show’s director, asserted
that the show maker did not abuse opposite-sex impersonation to lure views
and just allowed contestants to bring out their best.
Source: VNN/VNS/VOV/SGGP/ND
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Thứ Hai, 22 tháng 12, 2014
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