A scene of Tinh hoa Bac Bo show (Source: VNA)Seoul (VNA) –“Tinh hoa Bac Bo” (The Quintessence of Tonkin), the first live entertainmentperformance of Vietnam, was honoured as a leading cultural spectacle show atthe Best Hotels & Resorts Awards 2019 in Seoul, the Republic of Korea, on July 17.
The 60-minute show,run by Tuan Chau Ha Noi JSC, depicts peaceful landscapes and the uniqueheritage of the northern region as well as Vietnamese history and culture froma contemporary perspective, portrayed with the help of hundreds of performers,an interactive stage and state-of-the-art technology.
The show highlightsvarious elements of Vietnamese culture, such as folk singing, folk games, theworship of Mother Goddesses and the daily lives of farmers.
After nearly 2 yearsof being performed in public, the show has become a special tourism product ofHanoi, drawing around 80,000 tourist arrivals, of whom over 30,000 come fromthe RoK and 20,000 from other foreign countries.
Last year, the showwas recognised for using the largest water stage in Vietnam (4,300 squaremetres) and the most cast members who are farmers (150 people) in the VietnamGuinness Book of Records. It also won the Gold Stevie Award for Innovation inMedia, Visual Communications & Entertainment.
Organised at aninternational scale for the first time this year, the Best Hotels & ResortsAwards 2019 honours reputable tourism brands all over the world based on votesof editors from Wanderlust Tips, a bilingual tourism publication fortravellers, and luxury travelers.-VNA
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