Circus performance, folk games to excite children

A new circus performance will be showcased, promising to bring excitement and drama to audiences, especially children, according to artist Tong Toan Thang, deputy director of the Vietnam Circus Federation.
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Hanoi (VNA) - A new circus performance will be showcased, promising to bringexcitement and drama to audiences, especially children, according to artist TongToan Thang, deputy director of the Vietnam Circus Federation.

Entitled ‘A Forest of Fairies’, the story is about a princess with miraculoushair. A witch wants to harm the princess and take her hair. Animals in theforest protect the princess and defeat the witch.

He said the performance will be entertaining and educational.
“As it is arranged for children, the pieces always have a happy ending in whichthe good always wins over the bad,” said Thang.

The performance will feature acrobats, a magic show and circus tricks performedby actors dressed as dogs, pigs, ostrich, panda and monkeys.

“The new performance will attract audiences with its fascinating script, musicand light show,” he said.

Besides setting up in Hanoi, the troupe will perform in Hai Phong, Quang Ninhand Thai Nguyen following orders of schools and theatres there.

Ticket prices will range from 150,000 VND (12 USD) - 250,000 VND (20 USD).

There are five shows a day performed at the Vietnam Circus Federation, 67 TranNhan Tong street, Hanoi.

Residents of Hanoi, particularly children, will also have a chance to enjoy andlearn about various folk games from around the world at the Vietnam Museum ofEthnology in Cau Giay district.

The games, part of an international cultural festival to be held on May 26-27to celebrate International Children’s Day which falls on June 1, include thosefrom Asian countries of Cambodia, Brunei, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Laos, SriLanka, Thailand and Việt Nam.

Organisers said overseas students would participate in the games and they wouldalso teach Vietnamese visitors how to play.

The cultural activities were expected to help players, particularly children,learn about different folk games from around the world and at the same timeincrease knowledge of the city’s community to international guests and improvetheir awareness of the preservation of national cultural heritage, according toa representative from the museum.-VNA
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