Ao dai (Vietnamese traditional long dress) decorated with Tsumami flowers – Japan’s traditional fabric flowers – were showcased during a cultural exchange in Ho Chi Minh City on March 10.
Vietnamese designer Si Hoang said the silk long dress enhances the beauty of the traditional Japanese flowers, themed as apricot and peach flowers this year. (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Ao dai (Vietnamese traditional long dress) decorated with Tsumamiflowers – Japan’s traditional fabric flowers – were showcased during a culturalexchange in Ho Chi Minh City on March 10.
The “Ao dai and Tsumami flowers” programme, which took place within theframework of the sixth HCM City Ao Dai Festival, gave an insight into the Vietnameseand Japanese culture.
Addressing the event, Huynh Ngoc Van, Permanent Vice President of the Vietnam-JapanFriendship Association of HCM City, recalled the fifth festival in 2018 whichmarked the 45th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties, duringwhich the Vietnamese traditional dress decorated with Tsumami flowers weredisplayed for the first time.
She commended the more than 200-year-old art of Tsumami flower making, as wellas the harmonious combination between the flower and Ao Dai.
Vietnamese designer Si Hoang said the silk long dress enhances the beauty ofthe traditional Japanese flowers, themed as apricot and peach flowers thisyear.
Tsumami flowers are made by assembling folded and glued square pieces of fabriconto a base without sewing. The flowers are then attachedto a base with glue.-VNA
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Vietnamese designer Si Hoang said the silk long dress enhances the beauty of the traditional Japanese flowers, themed as apricot and peach flowers this year. (Photo: VNA) 
