An art performance at Hue Festival (Source: VNA) Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) - Foreign artists devoted their unique performancesto entertain audiences at An Dinh Palace on April 30 as part of the ongoing Hue Festival 2018 in the centralprovince of Thua Thien-Hue.
Thousands of rock fans had afrenetic night with songs in the debut album of France’s rock band Lysistrata.
Meanwhile, Mongolian artistsbrought their epics (Mongolian tuuli) – UNESCO-regconised Intangible CulturalHeritage - traditional dances and music to the festival.
The Moroccan music troupe MajidBekkas entertained the audiences with its impressive performances which show anew form of musical expression taking root from the spiritual music of Gnawatrance, mixed with African jazz and blues.
Themed “Cultural Heritage withIntegration and Development: Hue - One Destination, Five World Heritage”, theHue Festival 2018, the 10th of its kind, are taking place from April27 to May 2.
According to the organisingboard, during the first part of the festival from April 27-29, nearly 30 artperformance programmes and festivals were organised, attracting nearly 50,000visitors to Thua Thien-Hue province per day.
Not only in Hue city, this year’sfestival is also being held in villages. Visitors are offered a chance toparticipate in a festival in Phuoc Tich ancient village in Phong Dien districtor join a market day in Thuy Thanh commune, Huong Thuy town where they canenjoy the locality’s specialties.
Hue city was the imperial capitalof Vietnam for over 100 years. It is home to five UNESCO-recognisedheritage, namely the Hue ancient citadel relic complex – a World CulturalHeritage site; Nha Nhac (Hue royal court music) - an intangible culturalheritage item; Nguyen Dynasty’s wood blocks – a documentary heritage item;Nguyen Dynasty’s Chau ban (royal administrative documents) – part of theAsia-Pacific Register of UNESCO’s Memory of the World Programme; and literatureon Hue royal architecture - a documentary heritage.-VNA
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