Foreign artists devoted their unique performances to entertain audiences at An Dinh Palace on April 30 as part of the ongoing Hue Festival 2018 in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.
Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) - Foreign artists devoted their unique performancesto entertain audiences at An Dinh Palace on April 30 as part of the ongoing Hue Festival 2018 in the centralprovince of Thua Thien-Hue.
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Meanwhile, Mongolian artistsbrought their epics (Mongolian tuuli) – UNESCO-regconised Intangible CulturalHeritage - traditional dances and music to the festival.
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Themed “Cultural Heritage withIntegration and Development: Hue - One Destination, Five World Heritage”, theHue Festival 2018, the 10th of its kind, are taking place from April27 to May 2.
According to the organisingboard, during the first part of the festival from April 27-29, nearly 30 artperformance programmes and festivals were organised, attracting nearly 50,000visitors to Thua Thien-Hue province per day.
Not only in Hue city, this year’sfestival is also being held in villages. Visitors are offered a chance toparticipate in a festival in Phuoc Tich ancient village in Phong Dien districtor join a market day in Thuy Thanh commune, Huong Thuy town where they canenjoy the locality’s specialties.
Hue city was the imperial capitalof Vietnam for over 100 years. It is home to five UNESCO-recognisedheritage, namely the Hue ancient citadel relic complex – a World CulturalHeritage site; Nha Nhac (Hue royal court music) - an intangible culturalheritage item; Nguyen Dynasty’s wood blocks – a documentary heritage item;Nguyen Dynasty’s Chau ban (royal administrative documents) – part of theAsia-Pacific Register of UNESCO’s Memory of the World Programme; and literatureon Hue royal architecture - a documentary heritage.-VNA
A kaleidoscope of art and cultural activities featuring traditional and royal values will be nudged closer to domestic and international visitors to the Hue Festival 2018, which is scheduled in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue from April 27 to May 2.
A special art performance together with a firework display opened the Hue Festival 2018 at Ngo Mon (Noon Gate) Square in Hue imperial city on April 27 night.
A myriad of art performances were staged by foreign and local artists in the ongoing Hue Festival, the 10th of its kind, in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.
Nearly 1,300 domestic and foreign artists are brought together at the Hue Festival 2018, which is taking place in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue from April 27 to May 2 to stage unique art performances representing the typical cultures of different regions in Vietnam and abroad.
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An art performance at Hue Festival (Source: VNA) 
