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Dance class offers Hanoians new angle of Indian Culture

The Indian Cultural Centre in Vietnam opened a free class on the Indian traditional dance of Kuchipudi in Hanoi on January 9.
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Hanoi (VNA) – The Indian Cultural Centre in Vietnam opened a free class on theIndian traditional dance of Kuchipudi in Hanoi on January 9, giving localresidents an opportunity to get better understand of the Indian culture.

The class is oneof activities celebrating the 45th anniversary of the Vietnam-India diplomaticrelationship (January 7, 1971 –2017.

Speaking at the classopening ceremony, Indian Ambassador to Vietnam Harish Parvathaneni said theVietnam-India ties were upgraded from a Strategic Partnership to ComprehensiveStrategic Partnership during Prime Minister Narenda Modi’s official visit toVietnam last September.

The Ambassador saidthe opening of the class aims to introduce Vietnamese to the pure Indianculture and its traditional dances and music, thus giving Vietnamese a lookfrom a new angle at the Indian culture.

Kuchipudi is one of the ten popular traditional dancesin India.

The class is planned for 20-30students but the number of people registered for the class increased to 80,most of them come from Hanoi and are of all ages.-VNA

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