Established two years ago,the Hanoi Heritage Club has evoked the passion and desire of youngpeople to preserve and honour traditional cultural values, contributingto popularising traditional art performances among culture lovers inHanoi.
Located in a small lane in the capital city, the club is aplace where art performances and seminars on cultural heritage areheld.
According to painter, head of the club painter, designerTran Thanh Tung, in modern times many young Vietnamese people are keenon the Republic of Korea movies, European music and the cultures ofother countries, but have limited knowledge of Vietnamese culture.
Thisprompted Tung and his friends from the Circle Group, which includesfive investment companies specialising in applied fine arts, toestablish the heritage club, said radio The Voice of Vietnam.
It gathers young people who want to contribute to preserving and promoting Vietnamese culture.
“Vietnampossesses a great amount of tangible and intangible heritage. We have agroup of researchers, including those who want to understandtraditional culture,” Tung said.
“The heritage club wasestablished as a bridge to link the past, present and future. Throughthe club, we have an opportunity to access our predecessors’ works andpromote them among young people."
Last year, the club organised23 artistic and cultural events including performances of Xam singing ontrams, Ha Thanh street culture, Vietnamese lotus and Vietnamese flutes.
With the aim of promoting traditional cultural values among thecommunity, the club has received support from well-known experts suchas Professor historian Le Van Lan, Associate Professor Dao Dinh Duc, andcritic Nguyen Do Bao.
The club’s activities have attracted moreand more people, Tung said, adding: “Many foreigners who know aboutVietnam through mass media and Internet have shared and provided us withdocuments and introduced us to new friends. Because of this, we canexplore further about our past”.
The HeritageClub has expanded its activities. Major programmes such as the Bat Trangpottery village of the past and present, reading culture and the youth,and Dan Bau or mono-chord performances have shown the club’s greatcontributions and efforts to promote Vietnamese cultural heritage.-VNA