Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2023 to feature various activities
The Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2023, themed “The quintessence of Vietnamese traditional crafts”, will take place in Hue city of the central province of Thua Thien – Hue from April 28 – May 5, announced the municipal People’s Committee at a press conference on April 14.
An art performance at the Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2021 (Photo: VNA)
Thua Thien – Hue (VNA) – The Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2023, themed “The quintessence of Vietnamese traditional crafts”, will take place in Hue city of the central province of ThuaThien – Hue from April 28 – May 5, announced the municipal People’s Committee at a pressconference on April 14.
According to the organisers, the openingceremony on April 28 evening will be the highlight of the event.
Activities to introduce products and honour artisans andcraft villages; a food festival, carnival festival, and an art performance programmewill be major events in the framework of the festival, which will take placealong the banks of the Huong River, and pedestrian streets in the centre ofHue city.
The 9th edition of this kind is expected to see the participation of about 400 people's and elite artisansfrom 69 famous craft villages and establishments across the country, and 37 artisansfrom six cities of the Republic of Korea and Japan which have twinning and cooperativerelations with the ancient city. Art troupes from Belgium and the RoK will also join Vietnameseartists in the festival.
The event will offer a good chance forvisitors to get insights into traditional crafts such as weaving, fine artcarpentry, sculpture, mosaic carving, lacquer, gilded lacquer, goldsmithing, rattanand bamboo art, bakery, paper making, traditional folkpainting, and ceramic craft, among others.
Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Vo LeNhat said the event will contribute to promoting the image of the ancient capital,as well as preserving and developing traditional craft villages and typicalhandicraft industries nationwide./.
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An art performance at the Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2021 (Photo: VNA) 
