Vietnam is ready to celebrate its second biggest festival after Tet, the Mid Autumn Festival which falls on September 12.Ho Chi Minh City is set for a slew of plays and music shows for children. Source: TT Ho Chi Minh City is set for a slew of plays and music shows for children.Photo: Tuoi Tre … [Read more...] about Mid-Autumn Festival promises kids fun and games
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Foreigners act in Vietnamese play during Mid-Autumn Festival celebration for kids
A group of foreigners including tourists and expatriates have just finished celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival in Vietnam in a way that cannot be more memorable: acting in a Vietnamese play in front of local kids. /Tuoi Tre News" /> … [Read more...] about Foreigners act in Vietnamese play during Mid-Autumn Festival celebration for kids
Vietnamese children worldwide welcome Mid-Autumn Festival
(Cinet)- In many countries, Vietnamese communities organized activities to help young people understand of Mid – Autumn Festival. Vietnamese children living in India, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland took part in a variety of cultural activities and folk games when the traditional Full-Moon Festival was jubilantly celebrated last weekend.The Vietnamese Embassy in India hosted a celebration at Nerhu Park in capital New Delhi where children participated in folk games such as jump robe, ball throwing, and tug of war.The children also enjoyed traditional dishes and gifts presented by Minister Counsellor of the Vietnamese Embassy Tran Quang Tuyen.The Overseas Vietnamese Association in the UK held a mid-autumn festival for children at Ao Ba Ba Restaurant in Hackney Boroughs, aiming to strengthen exchange between youths and help younger generations preserve their cultural identity.The event offered the children a chance to wear the traditional long dress (Ao … [Read more...] about Vietnamese children worldwide welcome Mid-Autumn Festival
2017 Mid-Autumn Festival kicks off Most Recent News
NDO – The Mid-Autumn Festival programme officially opened at the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long, in Hanoi on September 28, as part of the activities to promote the world heritage values of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long, especially the intangible cultural values. This year’s programme features many interesting activities for children, in particular, a school education programme which helps young kids to understand more about the mid-autumn festivals of the past through documented works by the French researchers Henri Oger and Albert Kahn Museum. The event will showcase colouring masks, making mid-autumn cakes, star-shaped lanterns, cylindrical lanterns, Buddhist monk lanterns, rabbit lanterns, glutinous rice figurines, and making ceramic items. In addition, the children and visitors will have a chance to enjoy artistic performances, such as a lion dance and water puppetry and traditional games, including carrying rice across a bamboo bridge, a see-saw, boomerangs, a … [Read more...] about 2017 Mid-Autumn Festival kicks off Most Recent News
Village preserves the trade of making traditional toys for Mid-autumn festival Most Recent News
NDO - Hao village in Lieu Xa commune, Yen My district, Hung Yen province has the time-honoured history of making traditional toys for Mid-autumn Festival. All products in the village are handmade using natural material such as bamboo, rattan, paper, and paperboard. The most favoured products which have established the reputation of Hao villagers are the festive drums. The making of the drums requires a lot of meticulousness, patience and techniques from the craftsmen. Vu Dac Dung is one of mastered craftsmen at making festive drums in Hao village. Throughout his 40-years of work experience, Dung has made numerous drums which are highly appreciated for producing a great sound. A craftsman prepares a wooden board to make the drum’s body. Vu Huy Dong was born into a family of three generations of making paper masks. A boy testing a drum, with long lines of colourful paper masks on display behind. … [Read more...] about Village preserves the trade of making traditional toys for Mid-autumn festival Most Recent News