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First folk festival to highlight Hanoi’s traditional culture, heritage

First folk festival to highlight Hanoi’s traditional culture, heritages

The first-ever folk festival honouring Hanoi’s traditional and contemporary culture as well as cultural heritages will be held at the Ly Thai To Statue Square beside Hoan Kiem Lake in the heart of the capital city on November 15-17, according to the municipal Department of Culture and Sports.
First folk festival to highlight Hanoi’s traditional culture, heritages ảnh 1Products of Van Phuc silk village (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The first-ever folk festival honouring Hanoi’straditional and contemporary culture as well as cultural heritages will be heldat the Ly Thai To Statue Square beside Hoan Kiem Lake in the heart of thecapital city on November 15-17, according to the municipal Department ofCulture and Sports.

The festival is part of activities to mark the Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day(November 23) and respond to the city’s nomination to the UNESCO Creative CitiesNetwork.

An exhibiting area will be set up to introduce local traditional craft villageslike Van Phuc silk village, Bat Trang pottery village, Phu Vinh bamboo andrattan village, and Ha Thai lacquer village. Besides, the villages’ modernproducts that meet demands of domestic and foreign markets will be nudgedcloser to the visitors.

In addition, a traditional art space will offer an opportunity for localresidents and tourists to discover the city’s historical values, art andefforts to preserve traditional paintings such as those of Hang Trong, KimHoang and Dong Ho. The area will also introduce the city’s landscapes andcultural heritages through paintings by disabled artists, women and children.

Within the framework of the festival, a wide range of activities are scheduledto popularise local intangible cultural heritages./.
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