Hue Festival 2018 features diverse art, culture
Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – Nearly 1,300
domestic and foreign artists are brought together at the Hue Festival 2018,
which is taking place in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue from April 27
to May 2 to stage unique art performances representing the typical cultures of
different regions in Vietnam and abroad.
A music show featuring “hat xam” (songs of a
strolling blind musician), “hat cheo” (Vietnamese popular opera), “nha nhac” (Hue
royal court music) was held at Dien Tho Palace in the imperial city of Hue on
April 30, attracting a large crowd of people who love traditional melodies.
Considered a highlight of the Hue Festival 2018,
“Van hien kinh ky” was a comprehensive art show which combines a variety
of elements: dance, chorus, animation, poem reciting and music. The 90-minute
show featured all cultural values of Hue through heritage elements.
The same day, a cartoon exhibition of the French
Nouvelle Aquitaine region displayed popular works by French artists, presenting
various stories in three languages: French, English and Vietnamese.
Earlier on April 29, a programme titled “Am vong
Song Huong” (Resonance of Perfume River) involved hundreds of professional and
amateur actors and actresses, depicting the life cycle of people living on the
rivers from their marriage, giving birth and raising children to passing down
their occupation from generation to generation in a joint effort to preserve
Hue cultural values.
A street festival is being held on main routes
of Hue from April 28 to May 1 with the engagement of art troupes from Thailand,
Japan, Poland, Mongolia, Slovakia, Belgium and Vietnam.
Within the framework of the festival, visitors
were treated to art performances staged by the beatbox/acapella Berywam from
France, Urpin folk artists from Slovakia, Yaese lion dance troupe from Japan, singer
Noa from Israel, Nematatlin musical band from Mexico and Pambil band from
Colombia, among others.
Hue was the imperial capital of Vietnam for over 100 years. It is home to five heritages recognised by UNESCO, namely
the Hue ancient citadel relic complex – a World Cultural Heritage site; Nha
Nhac (Hue royal court music) - an intangible cultural heritage item; Nguyen
Dynasty’s wood blocks – a documentary heritage item; Nguyen Dynasty’s Chau ban
(royal administrative documents) – part of the Asia-Pacific Register of
UNESCO’s Memory of the World Programme; and literature on Hue royal
architecture - a documentary heritage.
The Hue Festival, previously known as the France-Vietnam art festival, was first held in 2000 by the French Embassy in Vietnam and the ancient city of Hue. This year’s event carries the theme “Cultural heritage with integration and development - Hue one destination, five world heritages”.-VNA