The rich culture of Vietnam was represented through fairy tales at atwo-day festival that opened in Long Island Children’s Museum (LICM) inNew York on Nov. 5.
The event was co-organised bythe New York Humanitarian Science Council and the Vietnamese PermanentMission to the United Nations.
The festival broughtvisitors back in time to early days in the history of the Vietnamesenation when Au Co, a mountain fairy got married to a dragon, Lac LongQuan, and gave birth to a sac containing 100 eggs.The eggs hatched 100children who were the ancestors of the Vietnamese. They then travelledthrough tales about the uprising led by the Trung sisters againstnorthern aggressors and legendary hero Thanh Giong’s victory against Anaggressors and learnt about the nation’s traditions and customs, alsothrough stories that have been passed down many Vietnamese generations.
Dr. Ngo Thanh Nhan, a researcher at the NewYork-based Centre for Vietnamese Philosophy, Culture and Society,performed the traditional “dan tranh” (16-string zither) at the event./.