VietNamNet Bridge – This year’s Hue Festival (June 5-13) looks to highlight traditional Vietnamese values that have withstood the country’s rapid and historical changes over the last several decades.
Hue Festival: imposing and holy Nam Giao offering ceremony
Hue Festival welcomes art troupes from 31 countries
Hue commemorates King Quang Trung
The sketch of the underwater stage at Tinh Tam [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – Half the nation’s cities and provinces had been canvassed to uncover folklore for an encyclopaedia being compiled on the topic, a national congress in the capital was told on Tuesday.
Traditional Xoan singing of Phu Tho Province. (Photo: VOV)
The president of the Association of Vietnamese Folklorists, Professor To Ngoc Thanh, told 300 folk [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – In the words of the local Thai ethnic people, Pu Luong means the “highest peak”. Its loftiest zenith towering 1,700m above the valleys of Quan Hoa and Ba Thuoc districts, in the northern province of Thanh Hoa, about 250km south of Ha Noi.
Idyllic: Thai and Muong ethnic people in the hamlets surrounding [...]
April 6th, 2010 |
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VietNamNet Bridge – A national-level commemoration of the first rulers of Viet Nam – the Hung kings – will be organised during ten days this month in the northern province of Phu Tho and two days in other provinces and cities throughout the country.
According to the guidance of the Prime Minister, an opening festival [...]
April 2nd, 2010 |
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VietNamNet Bridge – Love songs written by late musician Trinh Cong Son will be sung at an annual concert tonight, April 2, at Binh Quoi Tourist Village on Thanh Da Peninsula in HCM City.
Melodious memories: A 14-year-old girl, the youngest member of Hoi Quan Hoi Ngo, sings one of Son’s popular [...]
March 22nd, 2010 |
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VietNamNet Bridge – A dancing play entitled “The Breath of Water” will be performed for the first time on a 1500 square meter underwater stage on Tinh Tam Lake in Hue at the upcoming Hue Festival 2010.
The play tells a romantic love story about the separation and reunion of boys and girls in the [...]
March 10th, 2010 |
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Lim Festival (February 21)
Time: The 13th day of the first lunar month.
Place: Lim Hill, Lim Town, Tien Du District, Bac Ninh Province.
Objects of worship: Lady King and Hieu Trung Hau, the two legendary patriarchs of quan ho tunes.
Characteristics: Quan ho singing on the hills, boats or at home
Boi Khe Pagoda Festival (February 18 – 20) [...]
March 10th, 2010 |
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VietNamNet Bridge – The Lim Festival took place during the warm weather on February 26 in Bac Ninh province.
The organizing board estimated that the festival drew over 60,000 visitors.
Village notables performed opening rituals at the village temple.
The procession took place at 8am, going from the village temple to Lim Hill, where the festival was [...]
January 7th, 2010 |
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VietNamNet Bridge – The current Lim Festival is very bustling, attracting thousands of visitors. Quan ho is sung everywhere from houses to boats. People, including cultural experts, are optimistic about the development of Quan ho.
But it is really difficult to find a real Quan ho show which is organised according to traditional procedures.
We [...]
