The street festival took place on 23/3 Street in Gia Nghia commune. “Con duong tho cam” (brocade street) was the theme of the festival. Both domestic and foreign art troupes participated in the event with over 20 troupes in total. The festival drew the participation of approximately 1,000 artists. Ngoc Han, Miss Vietnam 2010, is the ambassador for the first-ever brocade culture festival in Vietnam. Art troupes stopped in a number of places along the route to join in with the art performances. Traditional performances from ethnic people enthralled bystanders. An art troupe from Ha Giang Province Participants put on a gong-beating performance. An art performance by a Laotian art troupe Stilt walking (di ca kheo) Art troupes from a number of Southeast Asian countries joined in the festival. There has been a joyful atmosphere on the streets of the Central Highlands in recent days. The street festival took place on 23/3 Street in Gia Nghia commune. … [Read more...] about Foreign art troupes take part in Central Highlands street festival
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Kon Tum Culture Tourism Week opens to promote Central Highlands quintessence
The Hanoitimes - The Kon Tum Culture Tourism Week titled “Sac Tham Po Lang” (Shades of Po Lang flower) features gong dances, traditional costumes and cuisine. The 2018 Kon Tum Culture Tourism Week opened in Kon Tum city of the Central Highlands province bearing the same name on December 14. Kon Tum’s Culture Tourism Week opens to promote Central Highlands quintessence. Photo: VNA The event features gong dances, traditional costumes parade and culinary art. Visitors immerse themselves in the culture and life of the ethnic minorities in the Central Highlands. Seven hundred artisans, musicians and art performers from different Central Highlands ethnic minorities showcase gong dances together with other folk music and traditional handicrafts. In addition, a wood sculpture exhibition and workshop is set up at a communal house where tourists and visitors can interact with artisans and learn the crafts from them. An exhibition introducing the Central … [Read more...] about Kon Tum Culture Tourism Week opens to promote Central Highlands quintessence
Festival fuels vitality of Central Highlands gong culture
Prime Minister Phuc made the statement while addressing the opening ceremony of the Gong Culture Festival 2018 in Pleiku city, Gia Lai province, on November 30. He expressed his delight at the presence of artisans of different ages from the old to the young in gong troupes, which represents the continuity and inheritance in gong practices. He reaffirmed Vietnam’s commitment to retaining the ‘Masterpiece of the oral and intangible heritage of the humanity’ awarded to the Cultural Space of Gong of Central Highlands by UNESCO in 2005. He asked the authorities and people in the Central Highlands to make further efforts to safeguard and promote the unique heritage, while strengthening connectivity in fostering regional socio-economic development and tourism. The opening ceremony featured a colourful staging of gong performances by more than 1,000 artisans from five Central Highlands provinces, including Lam Dong, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Dak Nong and Kon Tum. The two-day event … [Read more...] about Festival fuels vitality of Central Highlands gong culture
Tragedy of errors: Central Highlands farmers peppered with a debt crisis – VnExpress International
Back to English Comments Industries - October 3, 2018 | 12:02 pm GMT+7 Farmers’ hopes once climbed high on pepper vines in the Central Highlands; today, they are entangled in debt and misery.As the monsoon season ended in the Central Highlands, Lac packed up his belongings and embarked on a southward journey. Leaving behind his grass-covered fields, a tractor that has not been touched for months and a couple of goats that no one wanted to buy, he would work as a security guard for a restaurant in Saigon.Lac has to undertake this journey to save his house from being seized by the bank. His family has been unable to pay their bank loan's interest for months as the pepper vines that they’d invested all their money in now stand shriveled. Vui, on the other hand, has remained at home in Chu Puh District. She shares Lac’s fate. The pepper vines that had borne the hopes and expectations of her family have now buried her in debt. Unlike Lac, she has stayed behind to … [Read more...] about Tragedy of errors: Central Highlands farmers peppered with a debt crisis – VnExpress International
Tragedy of errors: Central Highlands farmers peppered with a debt crisis
As the monsoon season ended in the Central Highlands, Lac packed up his belongings and embarked on a southward journey. Leaving behind his grass-covered fields, a tractor that has not been touched for months and a couple of goats that no one wanted to buy, he would work as a security guard for a restaurant in Saigon.Lac has to undertake this journey to save his house from being seized by the bank. His family has been unable to pay their bank loan's interest for months as the pepper vines that they’d invested all their money in now stand shriveled. Vui, on the other hand, has remained at home in Chu Puh District. She shares Lac’s fate. The pepper vines that had borne the hopes and expectations of her family have now buried her in debt. Unlike Lac, she has stayed behind to wait for the fruits of her last gamble: over 100 pepper vines in her farm have survived the monsoon season, and her family has poured all their remaining money and effort into them.However, the end of the … [Read more...] about Tragedy of errors: Central Highlands farmers peppered with a debt crisis