Vietnamese folk dances impress visitors at music festival in Italy
Artists from the Italy-Vietnam cultural bridge association have staged a Vietnamese folk music and dance performance for Italian visitors to give them a taste of a Vietnamese village festival.
Vietnamese artists perform at the event (Photo: VNA)
Rome (VNA) – Artists from theItaly-Vietnam cultural bridge association have staged a Vietnamese folk musicand dance performance for Italian visitors to give them a taste of a Vietnamesevillage festival.
The artists took the stage at the Dancin’BOfestival in Bologna in Italy’s northern region of Emilia-Romagna from December27, 2019 to January 5, 2020.
Chairwoman of the association Le Thi Bich Huongsaid since its establishment in 2015, the association has operated as a folkart club to preserve the traditional culture among overseas Vietnamese inItaly.
Dancin’BO is an annual music and art festival inBologna held to welcome the new year. The Italy-Vietnam cultural bridgeassociation was among five foreign associations in Italy invited to perform atthe event this year.
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Vietnamese artists perform at the event (Photo: VNA) 
