Vietnamese, RoK artists gather at cultural festival
As many as 80 artists from Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) are to perform together at the Korean Cultural Exchange Festival on June 30 in Hanoi.
Girlband A-Daily will perform at the festival. (Photo courtesy of organiser)
Hanoi (VNA) - As many as 80 artists from Vietnam and the Republic ofKorea (RoK) are to perform together at the Korean Cultural Exchange Festival onJune 30 in Hanoi.
It’s part of an effort to boost mutual understanding and friendship between thetwo countries and introduce the RoK to the world.
The festival will promote the traditional culture and art of the RoK. Ahighlight will be Yeong San Jae, a Buddhist ceremony which was added by UNESCOin 2009 to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage ofHumanity.
Twenty monks from the RoK will perform the ceremony, which is a re-enactment ofBuddha’s delivery of the Lotus Sutra on the Vulture Peak in India. Throughrituals and dances, the philosophical and spiritual messages of Buddhism areexpressed.
Hallyu (Korean wave) fans will be eager for a concert gathering famous stars suchas singer Budy, boyband Samchongsa and girlband A-Daily. Singer Luu Thuy Linhand eight Vietnamese dance groups will join the performance.
Song Kyo-young, director of the Korean Institute for Culture and EconomyPromotion, the organiser of the event, said this is the first time theprogramme has been organised in Vietnam. He hoped Vietnamese partners to worktogether to organise the programme annually.
“Our institute is a non-profit organisation with a mission to honourUNESCO-recognised heritage and bring the traditional cultural values of Koreato the world,” he said.
“With the success of the festival in Vietnam, we will organise similar eventsin other Southeast Asian countries.”
Entry to the festival, starting at 1pm at the Grand Plaza, 117 Tran Duy HungStreet, Hanoi, is free.-VNA
The Vietnam Fine Arts Association (VFAA) and the KIRO Art Association of the Republic of Korea (RoK) held the first Vietnam-RoK international fine arts exhibition in Hanoi on March 27.
An exhibition featuring Vietnamese antiques opened at the National Museum of Korea in Seoul on March 27, introducing the long-lasting culture and history of the Southeast Asian nation.
Vietnamese Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien on June 27 expressed his hope that the Republic of Korea (RoK) will advance from the second biggest source of tourists to Vietnam to the largest one in the future.
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Girlband A-Daily will perform at the festival.
