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Gia Lai province hopes for a great festival
Preparations for the international gong festival
are almost completed and the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai only waits
for the opening ceremony, said Pham Xuan Vu, director of the Gia Lai provincial
Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
* Reinstate thousands of specific festivals
Mr. Vu said that first activities related to the festival will take place
this week. The opening ceremony of the exhibition of photos on Gong Music in the
Central Highlands of Vietnam, organized by The Vietnam Cultural and Art
Institute and Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, will be held (took out) November 6th,
2009.
Nearly 90 photos have been chosen from the archives of the École française
d’Extrême-Orient, Missions Étrangères de Paris and Quai Branly Museum. They were
taken by French colonial officials, military officers, missionaries and scholars
from 1930s to 1960s at Bana, Giarai, Mnong Gar villages.
Apart from gong related activities, several specific cultural festivals of
ethnic minority groups in the Central Highlands will be reinstated and performed
during the event.
Other activities such as sculpturing statues in tomb houses, an exhibition on
the space of gong culture, a seminar to promote investment in Gia Lai province,
a tourism seminar, a fair on Vietnamese high quality goods, and a festival of
gastronomy culture will be held.
* Gia Lai province is willing for the festival
The festival is expected to draw 30,000 visitors to Gia Lai province. 3000
volunteers, including artists, artisans, people from armed forces and students,
will take part in the festival as well.
Tourist companies will hold new tours and prepare packages for tourists.
Handicrafts are available as well to provide more choice for tourists.
Gia Lai province has kept more than 5000 sets of gongs. The reinstatement of
festivals associated with gongs will help preserve the cultural space of gongs
and popularize cultural and musical values of gong in the Central Highlands as
well as promote local tourism.
Source: CPV |
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