Vietnamese youth in the Czech Republic performed in the first musicfestival on June 14 in Prague; a chance for the second and thirdgenerations of the Vietnamese community in the country to meet andexchange.
The event, dubbed “Hoi Tre Lang Chuoi”(The Youth in Banana Village ), attracted nearly 500 individualswho feasted on diverse performances from hip-hop and ballet dancing tosolo piano and monochord.
The festival was designedby Vietnamese parents in the Czech Republic to offer a chance fortheir children to get to know each other and enhance their connectionsthrough music.
According to Ha Minh Xuan, a memberof the organising board, many talented Vietnamese adolescents have woncontests and competitions in the Czech Republic and the world, butare not yet popular in the Vietnamese community. The event is anopportunity to help them contribute to community activities, he said.
Meanwhile, Tran Bach Huong, whose son performedhip-hop dance at the event, noted Vietnamese youth are separating fromthe Vietnamese community; many of them can hardly speak Vietnamese.
The festival was designed to engage the youth more closely with the Vietnamese community, she added.
A short film titled “Mat Goc” (forgetting origin) was screened at theopening of the event, reminding the young of their homeland andorigins.-VNA
The event, dubbed “Hoi Tre Lang Chuoi”(The Youth in Banana Village ), attracted nearly 500 individualswho feasted on diverse performances from hip-hop and ballet dancing tosolo piano and monochord.
The festival was designedby Vietnamese parents in the Czech Republic to offer a chance fortheir children to get to know each other and enhance their connectionsthrough music.
According to Ha Minh Xuan, a memberof the organising board, many talented Vietnamese adolescents have woncontests and competitions in the Czech Republic and the world, butare not yet popular in the Vietnamese community. The event is anopportunity to help them contribute to community activities, he said.
Meanwhile, Tran Bach Huong, whose son performedhip-hop dance at the event, noted Vietnamese youth are separating fromthe Vietnamese community; many of them can hardly speak Vietnamese.
The festival was designed to engage the youth more closely with the Vietnamese community, she added.
A short film titled “Mat Goc” (forgetting origin) was screened at theopening of the event, reminding the young of their homeland andorigins.-VNA
