Vietnam promotes lion-dragon dance to the world
Paris (VNA) – The Vietnam Lion-Dragon Dance Federation, in collaboration
with the Vovinam-VietVoDao World Federation in France, has organised a performance,
featuring spectacular lion-dragon dances and traditional martial arts in Paris.
The Novement 4 event
aimed at introducing the Vietnamese folk dance to the international community. This was the first actvitiy abroad held by the Vietnam Lion-Dragon Dance Federation established on April 15, contributing to promoting the development of the folk dance art as well as the image of Vietnam to international friends.
Ambassador
Le Thi Hong Van, head of the Vietnamese Permanent Delegation to the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), beat the drum to open the event.
Lion
and dragon dances, along with performances of Vietnamese martial arts sects in
France, such as Vovinam-Viet-Vo-Dao, Son Long Quyen Thuat, Minh Long, wowed audience at the event.
Chairman
of the Vietnam Lion and Dragon Federation, Master Pham Quang Long
highlighted the history of the Vietnamese lion and dragon dance, while
expressing his hope that the art will become a strong sport of Vietnam
and be included in the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games). He expected to
soon
establish the World Lion and Dragon Dance Federation so as to promote
Vietnamese
culture to the international community.
Chairman
of the World Council of Vovinam-VietVoDao Masters Tran Nguyen Dao said that
Vovinam has been developed in Europe for nearly five decades. This is
a favourable condition for the expansion of the lion-dragon dance to the world, he added.
According
to Dao, it is necessary to develop the lion-dragon dance on the basis of
martial arts associations, then gradually expand it to other groups. It
is meant that the lion-dragon dance can be expanded throughout
Europe as well as the world via Vovinam-VietVoDao./.