Vietnamese culture introduced at summer festival in Germany
Huong Viet, an online magazine of Vietnamese people in Germany, and the local Vietnamese community introduced the homeland’s culture to German and international visitors at the summer festival Sommerfest in the state of Bayern on July 22.
A traditional dance of Vietnam performed at Sommerfest in Augsburg city on July 22 (Photo: VNA)
Berlin (VNA) – Huong Viet, an online magazine ofVietnamese people in Germany, and the local Vietnamese community introduced thehomeland’s culture to German and international visitors at the summer festival Sommerfestin the state of Bayern on July 22.
The annual festival, organised in Augsburg city, featured nearly40 booths from various countries.
The booth of Vietnam showcased the country’s typical culturalproducts and dishes.
Besides, a central stage was set up for cultural performancesby the countries selected by Augsburg city, and Vietnam was the only Asiannation to be invited to perform this year.
Performances of traditional songs and dances helped popularisethe country’s culture to international visitors.
Mayor of Augsburg city Martina Wild (centre), Editor-in-chief of the Huong Viet magazine Pham Khanh Nam (first, right) and some Vietnamese people at the festival (Photo: VNA)
Mayor of Augsburg city Martina Wild said she was impressedwith the food and images of Vietnam displayed at the festival. She expressedher delight at Vietnam’s participation in and contribution to the multiculturalevent.
Pham Khanh Nam, Editor-in-chief of the HuongViet magazine, said the red T-shirts with five-pointed yellow stars, thecolours of the Vietnamese flag, and the map of the country worn by Vietnamesepeople there also helped demonstrate the country’s love for peace and affirmits sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly).
Launched in 2009, Huong Viet is a Vietnamese-languagemagazine updating information about the Vietnamese community, the homeland, andGermany. It also acts as a bridge linking the community with the homeland whileholding many events to popularise Vietnamese images and affirm the country’smaritime sovereignty./.
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Coming to the Vietnamese booth, visitors had the chance to take part in a bamboo dance, a workshop on painting woven bamboo or rattan, or quizzes about Vietnam.
A traditional dance of Vietnam performed at Sommerfest in Augsburg city on July 22 (Photo: VNA) 
Mayor of Augsburg city Martina Wild (centre), Editor-in-chief of the Huong Viet magazine Pham Khanh Nam (first, right) and some Vietnamese people at the festival (Photo: VNA) 
