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Hue Festival 2018 kicks off with firework show

A special art performance together with a firework display opened the Hue Festival 2018 at Ngo Mon (Noon Gate) Square in Hue imperial city on April 27 night.
Hue Festival 2018 kicks off with firework show ảnh 1An art performance at the festival (Source: VNA)

Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – A special art performance together with a firework display opened theHue Festival 2018 at Ngo Mon (Noon Gate) Square in Hue imperial city on April27 night.

Addressing the openingceremony, Chairman of the Thua Thien-Hue province People’s Committee Nguyen VanCao said this year’s festival, themed “CulturalHeritage with Integration and Development: Hue - One Destination, Five WorldHeritages”, will take place from April 27 to May 2 in Hue city and otherlocalities of the central province.

As many as24 art troupes from 19 countries and territories worldwide have registered to takepart in the festival, promising to entertain spectators with hundreds of art programmes,he noted.

Within theframework of the festival, the Hue Monuments Conservation Centre on April 27 launcheda centre that provides information about Hue imperial city and entertainmentservices using Virtual Reality (VR) technologies to explore the imperial cityat Thai Hoa Palace.

On the same day, aprocession of 74 classic cars and motorbikes paraded through the main streetsof Hue city to welcome the festival.

Thereis also an international culinary festival featuring 100 booths from countriessuch as Laos, Thailand, China, France, Russia and Vietnam. The event opened onApril 26 and will last until May 2.

Aspart of activities within the festival, a national festival of “Hat Van” or “Chau Van” (atraditional art form that combines singing and dancing) is taking place fromApril 26 to 29, bringing together artists and artisans from 16 art troupes ofnearly 20 cities and provinces across the country.

This year’s festival is organisedin association with numerous cultural events such as 25 years since the Hueancient citadel relic complex recognised by the UNESCO as a world culturalheritage and 15th anniversary of the Hue royal court music recognised by theUNESCO as a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity

Hue city was the imperial capitalof Vietnam for over 100 years. It is home to five UNESCO-recognisedheritages, namely the Hue ancient citadel relic complex – a World CulturalHeritage site; Nha Nhac (Hue royal court music) - anintangible cultural heritage item; Nguyen Dynasty’s wood blocks – a documentaryheritage item; Nguyen Dynasty’s Chau ban (royal administrative documents) –part of the Asia-Pacific Register of UNESCO’s Memory of the World Programme;and literature on Hue royal architecture - a documentary heritage.-VNA
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