Lanterns decorate the ancient city of Hoi An. The city will promote the traditional cultural and tourism in Paris on August 29-30. (Photo courtesy of Thanh Chuong) Director of the city’s information and culture centre Truong Thi Ngoc Camconfirmed that the art programme will include tourism promotion, local crafts,and traditional arts of Hoi An and Quang Nam.
She said the city’s art troupe will be playing baichoi, which literally means a deck of cards (bai)and bamboo huts (choi), half a game andhalf theatre performance, and will feature a folk dance and musicalperformances.
She said bai choi, which wasrecognised as a UNESCO’s world intangible cultural heritage can be seenperformed in Hoi An every weekend.
Artists will showcase traditional Cham dance and saranai flute, the panpipe ofMông ethnic group, the Vietnamese two-choir fiddle, and Thai group’s Cherawdance at the event.
The performance will be staged from 6pm to 9pm local time at the VietnameseCulture Centre, No 19 Albert Rue, Paris.
The Hoi An art troupe will also perform at the third ‘lantern festival’ inWernigerode, Germany on August 27 in celebration of the 10th anniversary of thefriendship of the two cities (2013-2023).
The two cities plan to build a Hoi An Garden at the Kleiner Harz Park inWernigerode during the lantern festival, while an eco-road or ‘green shadow’street will be developed in Hoi An.
Cam said the European tour is an effective tourism and culture promotion forHội An – a UNESCO-recognised world heritage site.
The central province of Quang Nam is the only one in Vietnam with two worldheritage sites: the My Son Sanctuary and Hoi An ancient town. The worldbiosphere reserve of Hoi An-Cham Islands is also just off the coast.
Hoi An hosts the annual Hoi An-Japan Cultural Exchange and Korean-Hoi AnCultural Day./.
VNA
