Vietnamese girls try on Hanboks, the traditional costumes of Korea, at an event in Hoi An city (Photo: VNA) Quang Nam (VNA) — Artistsfrom the Republic of Korea will perform in the historic city of Hoi An in thecentral province of Quang Nam as part of the 6th Quang Nam Heritage Festival onJune 11 and 12.
The city’s Culture and Sports centresaid the art troupe of Hahoe Folk village – a UNESCO-recognised world heritagesite — will perform mask dances while the Nan-Gye troupe will play traditionalmusical instruments at An Hoi Sculpture Park on the Hoai River bank from 8pm onJune 12.
The two art troupes will alsoprovide free performances at the city’s culture exchange centre, No 9 Nguyen ThaiHoc Street at 10am and 3pm on June 11 and 12.
RoK artists will demonstrate theirtraditional musical instruments including string gayageum Korean (zither-like stringinstrument), geomundo, janggu drum, Phiri and Daegeun flutes.
Vietnamese art troupes will alsojoin the cultural exchange performance with ca tru (ceremonial singing); hat xoan (spring singing) don ca tai tu (southern folk music) and nha nhac (Vietnamese Royal Courtmusic) on June 12.
Hoi An is an UNESCO-recognised worldheritage site. The ancient port city hosted 2.6 million tourists last year, 50 percentof them foreigners.-VNA
