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Hue Festival Rising from the initial success of Vietnam-France Gathering in 1992 between Hue City and Vietnam-France Codev Association, the idea of organizing a larger-scale, higher-quality festival in Thua Thien Hue province has gradually come into shape By the end of 1998 and the early 1999, thanks to the co-operation and support extended by the French Government via the French Embassy to Vietnam, and direct assistance from the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture and Information, Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and other Ministries; the People’s Committee of Thua Thien Hue Province officially requested the approval of the Government to allow Thua Thien Hue Province collaborating with the French Embassy to organize the Hue Festival 2000 – an international festival of culture, arts, and tourism of the country ever held in Vietnam Hue Festival 2000 Hue Festival 2000 took place within 12 days and nights with the participation of more than 30 Vietnamese and French art groups, over 1,000 artists and professional and amateur actors and actresses It gathered approximately 410,000 people, including 41,000 tourists and 6,000 foreign visitors The Hue Festival 2000 was, in deed, the national festival of international scale on culture, arts, tourism, and a forum to promote economic and cultural exchanges, which in its turn, would contribute to restore the economy of Thua Thien Hue Province after the historic flood in 1999 It was expected to highlight comparative advantages of Thua Thien Hue Province in culture and tourism There will be over 600 young artists, students or schoolchildren of the City of Hue taking part in this opening ceremony, which is intended to be a hymn to solidarity among communities and to building a brighter future There will be over 600 young artists, students or schoolchildren of the City of Hue taking part in this opening ceremony, which is intended to be a hymn to solidarity among communities and to building a brighter future The first tableau, in the form of a choreographic poem, will compose a tribute to the homeland The second, an epicode, will evoke the ancient capital of Hue The third and final tableau will connote the contribution of tradition to modern life Hue Festival 2002 Building on the success of Hue Festival 2000, Hue Festival 2002 was continued to be held with the co-operation between Thua Thien Hue Province and the Embassy of France in Vietnam, the participation of various ASEAN countries and other partners, such as China, Japan, and Korea It brought about high appreciation not only nationwide but also throughout the world Based on these achievements, the Government allowed Hue City to be developed as a city of festival of Vietnam and continued the organization of international festivals which assume to be held periodically every two years Hue Festival 2002 continued developing the theme “Discovering the lifestyle of Hue people” with linkages to the expansion of international exchanges It took place in 12 days and nights One month before the Opening Ceremony, the Festival was warmed up by the International Sculpture Symposium “Impression of Hue – Vietnam” Thirty three typical art troupes from France, China, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia and also domestic art troupes with 1,554 artists, actors and actresses, technical staff participated in this festival It welcomed over million audience and 75,000 tourists, including 18,000 foreign visitors (increasing threefold in comparison with Hue Festival 2000) Hue Festival 2002, an international festival of national scale, was evidently creating a spreading resonance worldwide It has been the pre-requisite to make Hue the city of festival of Vietnam Festival night in Gia Hoi Old Quarter Among ancient quarters in Hue, the area of Gia Hoi- Cho Dinh was known as the most typical business center of the capital city under Nguyen Dynasty Among ancient quarters in Hue, the area of Gia Hoi- Cho Dinh was known as the most typical business center of the capital city under Nguyen Dynasty There was a gathering of palaces, temples as well as residence of aristocratic class and royal mandarins with a lot of business sites and famous markets of Hue ancient capital The combination of cultural and religious installation of the Vietnamese, Chinese and Indian made this site become a crowded and famous business center Festival night appears to be a brand- new activity in this Festival Village Market Fair Located in villages of alluring scenery, the Village Market Fair will take tourists to a village market day during the Festival The market will open up on Thanh Toan Tile Bridge, next to a small lyric river Located in villages of alluring scenery, the Village Market Fair will take tourists to a village market day during the Festival The market will open up on Thanh Toan Tile Bridge, next to a small lyric river Going to the market, people will not only buy regional products but also taste popular dishes and play games and enjoy the pastoral scenery Furthermore, they will also participate in daily activities of farmers in the time of harvest such as paddy threshing, rice pounding and water threshing by foot, etc In the afternoon, tourists can take part in cultural activities such as Singing while pounding the rice, Opera and poem chanting or reciting shows, etc Each tour will include a day for going to the village market fair Water Puppet Dangcing (Vietnamese Puppet Theatre, Hai Phong Water Puppet Troupe) Water plays an indispensable part in the charming landscapes of rivers and mountains of Vietnam Water is alwaysuncontrollable and also essential elements for rice cultivation Considered as an untamable factor, water is used in different ceremonies which was the foubdation for water puppet dancing to come into being and develop popularly in the Northern deltas of Vietnam Puppets are handmade from wood and controlled with an integrated set of poles, rods and cords Standing in water, artists operate puppets skillfully Little stars Troupe The dance art troupe was founded in September 1995 It originally included fifteen children from the to 11 years old Now, this troupe has 150 children at the age of to 14 and is sponsored by the Bong Sen Music, Dance and Song Art Troupe The leaders of the troupe consist of the famous dance artists such as avant-garde teacher Kim Dung, Vice rector of Ho Chi Minh City Dance school, avant-garde artists Dang Hung and Vuong Linh The troupe has presented dance works with high educational content for many years The Little Star dance toupe will come to Festival Hue with a general program including the most special and selective items The “Ao dai” Fashion Show The “Ao dai” Fashion Show, which gathers ten well- known designers of the country The “Ao dai” Fashion Show, which gathers ten well- known designers of the country: Phan Quang Tan, Ngan Khai, Bao Kim, Trong Nguyen, Dieu Anh, The Bao, Si Hoang, Quoc Binh, Thanh Phuong and Minh Hanh and 550 models selected from Hai Ba Trung and Nguyen Hue Hight Schools, and 550 costumes, will take place in the traditional music melody on Truong Tien Bridge This will be an impressive show for respecting the unique charming beauty of Vietnamese Ao Dai Hue Festival 2004 entitled “Cultural Heritage with Integration and Development” took place within days and nights Pre-event activities were launched one month in advance, such as the International Sculpture Symposium “Impression of Hue – Vietnam”, Folk Sculpture Symposium, Hue Poetry Festival and various festivities There were 15 foreign art troupes from France, China, Argentina, Australia, India, Germany, and America; 25 domestic art troupes with 1,300 professional actors and actresses, nearly 2,000 amateur actors and actresses, and technical staff This Festival attracted 1.2 million audiences, 101,950 tourists, among which there were 11,950 foreign tourists As a cultural and tourist festival of national and international scale, Hue Festival 2004 introduced specific artistic values of Vietnam, Hue, and other countries throughout the world It was also an opportunity to praise Hue Court Music, a masterpiece of the oral and intangible heritage of humanity, which was recognized by UNESCO and continuously created motivation to boost the development of economy, tourism, and culture, affirming advantages of a city of festival in Vietnam Festival Hue 2004 Festival Hue 2004 will fall on June 12-20 with the theme ''Cultural heritage with integration and development'' It'll be a cultural- tourist festival covered by the cultural identities of Hue as well as Vietnam Following the successes of Festivals 2000 and 2002, the biennial festival aims to building Hue into a specific Festival city in the country Festival Hue 2004 will begin with the International Sculpture Symposium “Impression of Hue-Vietnam 2004" held from May 10, one month before the official opening on June 12 The symposium will attract more than 30 sculptors from all over the world to the banks of the Perfume River Ngo Mon Square at night will be a grandiose stage for the opening ceremony which includes a rich polychromatic arts performance, showing the quintescence of the traditional arts in Hue as well as in Vietnam in harmony with contemporary arts The program will particularly aim to honouring royal elegant music (nha nhac) - the first heritage in Vietnam proclaimed as a masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by the UNESCO Earlier in the morning, a lively and colourful demonstration will be attended by Vietnamese and foreign artists The organisation board said within days and nights, Festival Hue 2004 will be organised into three tours, each lasting for three days Each tour will have an exclusive day for festival as well as distinctive and special activities performed by artists from Vietnam, France, China, Russia and Argentina in IN progammes (academic arts performances) and OFF programmes (community festival activities) Moreover, many vivid and attractive tourist programs will be arranged Each tour will begin with a musical feast introducing Hue's gastronomy Throughout the dinner, visitors will be surprised and fascinated by the French fireworks magician Pierre Alain Hubert and other French and Vietnamese artists The arts performances from Vietnam, presented by different theaters, famous artists from Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh, Hue, the Highlands and Viet Bac will extol the beauty and the diversity of Vietnamese and Hue cultures The center of the Festival will be the charming space of the Citadel at night with varied arts shows and luxurious feasts Aside from the Citadel, An Dinh Palace, Tinh Tam lake and other places in Hue city will be festival hubs and full of impressive large-scale arts performances Everywhere in the city of Hue are arts shows, traditional festivals and games, food centres, fairs of handicrafts, tourism, and trade Co-managers of Festival Hue 2004 are the Ministry of Culture and Information, the Ministry of Police, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Vietnam's National Administration of Tourism, Vietnam Airlines, representatives of French Government and Embassy in Vietnam People's Artist Trung Kien is still the director of the festival on Vietnamese side Apart from local artists, two French experts Philippe Boulert and Laurant Lahaut will be Kien's assistants as production director and technical director The French director is Claude Mathis Le Viet Xe, Deputy Chairman of the local provincial people's committee and head of the organisation board in previous festivals will be Festival Director Nguyen Xuan Hoa, the head of Thua Thien Hue's Department of Culture and Information and a deputy of the organisation board said, "Festival Hue 2004 will have a more effective structure in managing and organisation Festival Hue is not only a festive activity Therefore, it'll be held by Festival technology and obey international Festival technology." At Festival Hue 2004, the Theater of Music, Dance and Song, the Theatre of Music, Dance and Opera as well as the Dancing College will release special new perfomances Designer Minh Hanh will introduce her new collection called "Return to Paradise" of stylized "ao dai" in an Oriental creative style Famous artists will present the delicacy and beautiful melody of Vietnam's traditional music of the North, the Central and the South in "Vietnam Timbre" Hue's royal ballet, traditional music will be performed in an attractive Citadel at night The French as the main partner of Festivals Hue will bring to Hue special perfomances The opera "W.H.A" is directed by Régine Chopinot of the Atlantique Ballet Troupe and performed by artists of Vietnam's Theater of Music, Dance and Opera A concert called "The story of a soldier" (Histoire du soldat) will be conducted by French conductors Xavier Rist and Marcia Fiani within the beautiful precinct of Duyet Thi Duong Theater Illustrative art once again exceeds all the influences The works to be introduced to the public are tools and equipment which are impressively arranged, attracting the attention of unprofessional artists and understandable to the public Artists from China, Russia and Argentina will introduce the uniqueness and diversity of their cultures Guangdong's Circus and Lion dancing troupe will perform the magic skills of Oriental traditional arts Russian representatives are the Troupe of folk music and dance who give visitors Russia's bustling dance and beautiful melodies Argentina will send a tango troupe called "Tango Emotion Enrique Cuttini" who bring the ebullient music of South America and a troupe named after Maria Angelica Diehl de Damerau, a well-known opera singer Festival Hue 2004 will be a gathering for cultural and arts exchange, including galleries of paintings, photography, and calligraphy The Festival will reflect the local living style of Hue with different local entertainment activities like kite flying, boat racing, folk music, boat trips on the Huong River, Hue garden tours, and much more It will be the first time a Puppetry Festival to be held and attended by 15 puppetry troupes from Nam Dinh, Thai Binh, Hai Duong, Hai Phong, Ha Tay, Hanoi and Hue Festival Hue 2004 will close with a traditional lantern night, with musical performance along the Perfume River Hue Festival 2006 Hue Festival 2006 with the theme “700 years of the land of Thuan Hoa – Phu Xuan – Thua Thien Hue, Cultural Heritage with Integration and Development” gathered 1,440 artists, actors and actresses of 22 domestic art troupes (1,171 actors and actresses) and 22 foreign art troupes (269 actors and actresses) from France, China, Russia, Korea, Japan, Thailand, UK, Argentina, Indonesia, and Australia Building up the achievements and experience from previous festivals, Hue Festival 2006 successfully obtained its objectives and attracted as many as 1.5 million audiences Together with warm-up activities taking place one month before the event, Hue Festival 2006, lasted from June to 11, showcased 138 performances, over 40 cultural festivities and community events It was said as a fascinating and impressive festival featured with perfect blending of traditional and contempoary arts, deserving a professional and international festival of Vietnam Again, it contributed to reviving cultural values of Vietnam and Hue, and rendering the image of Hue Ancient Capital to the world community – a City of Festivals in Vietnam Royal Court music exchange Vietnam – Korea – Japan This is the first time the Vietnamese audience and international tourists have a chance to participate in such a special Royal Court Music Exchange that brings under one roof three diverse and distinguished royal music traditions The Hue Royal Music Program boasts of new stage direction, with an edition of songs that have been recently collected and revived There is also an exchange of music between Hue Royal Court anf the Korean Royal Court Music Aak and the Japanese Royal court Music Gagaku The Korean group hails from Gyeongyu, the ancient capital of Korea The Japanese group hails from Okinawa, with 15 people, musicians and dancers This is the first time the Vietnamese audience and international tourists have a chance to participate in such a special Royal Court Music Exchange that brings under one roof three diverse and distinguished royal music traditions Chinese dramatics Van Nam Dramatics Theater, since 1951, is a typical dramatic performing organization in China It gained popularity at many generations such as: Lat Thanh Chi, Truc Bat Am, La Huong Pho, Bich Kim Ngoc, Uy Thieu Ban, Banh Quoc Tran,Van Tuong Trinh, Chu Hue Nong, Ly Thieu Ngu, Vuong Ngoc Tran, Duong Ho Quan, Tran Vinh Sinh At Hue Festival 2006, Van Nam Dramatics Theater will perform the dramatics acts- art form with unique, attractive and traditional aspects-together with special Chinese dance Exhibition A typical exhibition festival will happen along many streets, in exhibition houses with many kids of diversified art forms This is the 3rd time the Painter Le Ba Dang has participated in Hue Festival 2006 with his Le Bang Dang House newly built next to the Huong River in which talented and impressed art forms will be on display This is the 4th time Dao Hoa Nu has continuously participated in Hue Festival 2006 with very own her new collection showing the architecture of Nguyen Dynasty Fine Arts Fair will be taken place at Thuong Bac Parking locating on walking street Nguyen Dinh Chieu with Calligraphy Garden, Pictures created by a collective, market for books on sale, souvernirs, legend traditional toys, street music and portrait sketch There are also exhibition of art pictures of “ Hue – Sai Gon – Ha Noi”, exhibition of “The Fine Art of Thua Thien Hue”, exhibition of “The works of the late Painter Pham Dang Tri”, exhibition of “ Pictures by Pham Luc”, exhibition of “The Fine Art of North Vietnam Delta”, exhibition of “Pictures of Sinh Village”, exhibition of “Art arrangement of paper flowers by Thanh Tien Village”, exhibition of “Art arrangement of Tintinnabulum Garden” The Administration Center of Hue ancient capital vestige preservation will specially exhibite precious and unique porcelain lotus and calligraphy grouping items This is the first time this Administration Center will have shown restored grouping porcelain items including household goods, sacrifices and prayer goods, ceremonial goods, decoration goods and some other very ancient goods together with poems about Hue Royal Kings and Lords and other poems about very ancient Hue in Han Chinese calligraphy performed by Hai Trung Ao dai performance sparkles Overseas Vietnamese artist’s dream realised in Hue It's not difficult for a visitor to Hue these days to see a traditional Vietnamese ao dai However, the hundreds of ao dai designs featured in a glamorous performance at Hue Festival 2006 last night intrigued visitors The innovative ao dai with subtly different designs and glamorous colours were worn by beautiful fashion models from Hanoi, HCM city and Hue on the poetic Huong river under the glittering lights of a firework-lit night Entitled Colour of the Time, the performance featured works from 10 prominent Vietnamese designers The 300 designs were inspired by the central city's antique charm, picturesque landscapes, and the images of birds, plants and flowers The collections included: Thu Giang's Phoenix collection; Anh Vu's Patterns from the Royal Palace, Xuan Thu's Dragon and Cloud, Cong Khanh's Patterns on Pottery-Porcelain, and Minh Hanh's Hue Citadel Gates All showed innovation in the Vietnamese designers' use of paint, embroidery and other special embellishments And each collection was woven on hightech Toan Thinh silk Accompanied by the music of Trinh Cong Son, the performance started impressively when each designer sat with 25 fashion models on the same sampan floating along the river to greet the spectators Surrounding each sampan were 10 little boats, which created a special stage for the performance On land, 50 girls in traditional ao dai drove their bicycles leisurely along Trang Tien bridge as the glittering firework performance was launched by French artist Pierre Alain Hubert According to designer Minh Hanh, the general director of the performance, the sampan on the Huong River and the Trang Tien vaporous bridge were two typical images of the city and that was why they were selected as the main "stages" for the event This was the second time an ao dai event of this magnitude was launched at the biannual Hue Festival, but what made this performance groundbreaking was the special stages and the combination of modern and traditional elements in each collection As most of the designers were also artists, they viewed the ao dai as a sort of canvas for their art Hue Festival 2008 This time it has a record-breaking participation from domestic and foreign art groups, with a total of 40 programs from 20 nations and continents including Asia, Europe, North America and Australia Hue, the host city, has meticulous prepared programs and activities for this special festival Right after the closure of the Hue Festival 2006, Hue has started without delay its preparation for the Hue Festival 2008 The program of this year’s festival highlights seven great festivities In addition to the Nam Giao Offering Ritual, Royal Palace by Night, and Ao Dai Grand Fashion Show which were successfully showcased within previous festivals and will be renewed on a higher scale this year, there are four novel festivities to be introduced including the reenactments of Quang Trung Emperor’s Coronation Ceremony, Xa Tac Offering Ritual, Military Mandarin Contest, and the program of “Perfume River’s Legends” Just as Hue Festival 2006 was closing, Hue officials immediately started preparation for Hue Festival 2008 This, the Hue Festival 2008, will include great festivities In addition to the three festivities successfully organized in previous festivals, namely Nam Giao Offering Ritual, Royal Palace by Night Performance, and Ao Dai Fashion Show, which will be reperformed with new content, four completely new festivities are planned They are the Enthronement Ceremony of Quang Trung Emperor, the Xa Tac Offering Ritual (The prayer ceremony at Xa Tac Esplanade in Hue), the Examination of Military Doctors, and “Discovering the Huong River Legends” program New festivities First is the Enthronement Ceremony of Quang Trung Emperor This ceremony honors the magnanimous and indomitable spirit and traditions of the Vietnamese people In 1788, our national hero, Nguyen Hue, had Ban Mountain leveled to make an esplanade for the Heaven prayer rituals He was then enthroned king with the title of Quang Trung Then to legitimate his throne and to garner the people’s support, King Nguyen Hue, led a great army North and defeated an army of Manchu invaders, 29 thousands soldiers strong The Enthronement Ceremony of Quang Trung Emperor will be recreated monumentally at the historical site of Ban Mountain with the key participation of hundreds of Hue actors and martial arts students to the sonority of Tay Son – Binh Dinh martial music To prepare for this ceremony, from 2007 until the present time, the embellishment project of Ban Mountain, an area of 32 hectares, has been rapidly moving forward The ceremonial program has been developed and refined Director Nguyen Quoc Hung, of Ho Chi Minh City Television Station, will be in charge of this program Certainly, this ceremony will be very popular with tourists and local inhabitants alike Xa Tac Offering Ritual, in ancient times during the Nguyen Dynasty, had been an important royal ceremony taking place in spring and autumn This is a ceremony honoring the God of Land (Xa) and the God of Cereals (Tac) with the desire for an abundant harvest and prosperities From the early Nguyen Dynasty, Gia Long King ordered the establishment of the Xa Tac esplanade to the west of the royal citadel with clean soil collected from different localities through out the whole country Fortunately, this esplanade has survived with little damage when compared to other Xa Tac esplanades in Vietnam The re-enactment of Xa Tac Rituals is not only to revive and conserve a traditional royal ceremonial but also to honor domestic agriculture and traditional culture Hue Monument Conservation Centre is rapidly implementing an archeological survey project of the Xa Tac historical area, and simultaneously coordinating with the Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology (IBST) to design an embellishment project for this historical monument The program for the Xa Tac Rituals has been completed There will be a royal procession (of about 300 people participating with sufficient pomp and ceremonials, flags and fans) departing from Ngo Mon Gate and proceeding to Xa Tac Esplanade The ceremonial of Xa Tac Offering Ritual will be re-enacted as authentically as the ancient ceremony The Examination of Military Doctors: This festival is to honor the martial tradition of Vietnamese people and simultaneously create a novel and unique tourism product At the Hue Capital, under Nguyen Dynasty, Minh Mang King had a Temple of Military built (located next to the Temple of Literature) to honor martial arts and persons who have served the country well The Court organized three examinations of Military Doctors, selecting 12 Doctors and 22 Junior Doctors Names of these Military Doctors were carved on the stone steles, which were placed at the Temple of Military’s yard In ancient times, the Examination of Military Doctors lasted for months with different sections taking place; therefore, the re-performance of these examinations in the form of a festivity can only be in a simplified scenario According to the scenario, the examination of Military Doctors will take place at Phu Van Lau Square – Nghenh Luong Dinh It is a lovely spot located near Highway 1A and the Huong River The content of the festivity is the combination of Military Doctors’ final examination and the performance of Vietnamese special traditional martial arts The Organization Committee of Festival Hue has received a positive response from traditional martial arts centers in that locality and from the Vietnamese Martial Arts Union Hue Monuments Conservation Centre, the unit in charge of this festivity, has completed the written scenario and has actively prepared human and material resources for the purpose of arrangement and practice Different from the above-mentioned traditional festivities, Discovering the Perfume River’s Legends is a completely novel product for tourism activities and public performance in this festival The beautiful Huong River flowing through Hue is naturally associated with numerous attractive legends Organizing a tour from the riverhead to the lower section to explore these legends and admire the wonderful beauty of the river from sunset to midnight is a truly remarkable idea In addition, tourists will enjoy a royal feast aboard boats, and join in a music performance at Phu Van Lau Wharf before the tour ends The Festival Organization Committee has assigned Hue Monuments Conservation Centre to take charge of this program For the preparatory tasks of this event, the Centre had a Royal Boat made of wood and designed in the Te Thong boat style of the Nguyen Dynasty’s emperors It is 6.5m in width and 27m in length with a maximum capacity of 100 people According to the tentative scenario, the mentioned royal boat will be in the center of a tourist boat group that will travel from the Bang Lang confluence (near the wharf to Minh Mang king’s tomb) to Phu Van Lau The stage for performance activities will be set up on this historical river wharf And the festivities renewed in contents Together with the above-mentioned new festivities, the traditional festivities from previous Festivals have had their content updated and expanded to enhance their attraction The Nam Giao Rituals will focus on prayer rituals at the esplanade According to the scenario, a royal procession will depart from Trai Cung (to the Northwest of the esplanade) make its way to the main esplanade The ceremony will be held solemnly, monumentally, and precisely as it was under the Nguyen Dynasty Nam Giao Rituals surely will be attractive because the music and dance performances are being meticulously prepared In particular, Hue Monument Conservation Centre, the unit in charge of the festival, has coordinated with Mr.Trinh Bach, a researcher, to restore 128 sets of costumes for dancers performing Bat Dat Van (Bat Dat Literary Dance) and Bat Dat Vo (Bat Dat Martial Dance) at the ceremony The Royal Night Performance was a festivity successfully held in Festival 2006 It was a re-enactment of the colorful royal life when night covered everything After Festival 2006, Hue Monument Conservation Centre turned Royal Night into a special tourism product by performing this festivity sixth times per month At the end of 2007, together with Hue Royal Music, Royal Night was awarded the Golden Cup of Vietnamese Trademarks Integrating WTO This time, Royal Night performance was re-activated on March 29 and performed regularly four times per month Royal Night will be improved step by step becoming extremely fascinating and monumental It will be performed on the 3rd, 6th and 9th of June in Festival with the artistic guidance of Director Le Quy Duong The Grand Fashion Show of Ao dai, which had it origin in Hue, has been a specific part of the Festival Hue during the previous four festivals This time, Ao dai Grand Show will be held in front of Hien Nhon gate This twostory gate, decorated with beautiful porcelain pieces, will be the background of Vietnamese Ao dai The Hue Festival 2008, with an abundance of festivities, novel in form and content, together with many other cultural activities and community festivities, will definitely be an desirable destination for tourists from all parts of the world Festival 2010 Hue Festival 2010 - Cultural Heritage with Integration and development The rendezvous for Ancient Cities and World Cultural Heritages By the end of 1998 and beginning of 1999, the Government of Vietnam permitted Thua Thien Hue province to organize the Hue Festival 2000 – the first-ever international art, cultural and tourism festival of national scale in Vietnam Upon its brilliant successes, Hue Festival has been biennually held in even years since then, and this contributes to the government’s decision to build Hue the Festival City of Vietnam Over the past festivals, Hue Festival has achieved remarkable results In 2000, Hue Festival received over 30 art troupes from Vietnam and France with more than 1000 artists, both professional and non-professional performers The event attracted more than 410,000 spectators, in which there were 41,000 tourists with 6,000 international visitors In 2002, there were 33 art groups representing nations and typical art groups of the country, comprising 1,554 artists, performers and technicians The event drew the participation of approximately million spectators including 75,000 tourists, out of which 18,000 were international visitors In 2004, 15 international art groups from countries and 25 domestic troupes totaling 1,300 professional performers, and almost 2,000 nonprofessional performers and technicians participated in the festival It received 1,2 million viewers, among them, there were 11,950 international tourists out of 101,950 arrivals In 2006, the event gathered 1,440 artists and performers of 22 domestic art groups (with 1,171 performers) and 22 international art troupes (with 269 performers) from 10 countries It received 150,000 tourists, and among which 20,557 were international visitors In 2008, the participation of over 1,500 artists from 37 Vietnamese art groups and 457 artists from 31 foreign groups presented 133 performances to the festival’s audience, and 90 community activities and festivities The event attracted 180,000 tourists, in which 30,000 were foreign visitors Taking the theme “Cultural heritage with Integration and Development”, Hue Festival 2010 as the national premier art events to celebrate the Millennium Anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi and to mark the 50th anniversary of sister cities of Hanoi – Hue – Saigon The event will be launched on Saturday, June 5th, 2010 and concluded on Sunday evening of June 13th, 2010 An unprecedented feature of the event stays in the fact that this festival will be the gathering of art troupes from all continents, from ancient capitals and cities of world heritages So far, there have been 40 art groups and artists from 31 nations applied to participate Hue Festival 2010 They are France – major partner, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Cambodia, Central Africa, China, Cuba, Denmark, England, Poland, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Laos, Mexico, Mongolia, Norway, Russia, Scotland, Senegal, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraina, United States and the host country, 31 programs from 21 countries have been confirmed with diverse genres ranging from dance, music, circus, drama Not only stage performances in the city centre to be showcased by international art groups, there are local and international performances at stages outside the city, and well-known street performing groups will animate the city during the festival Art groups and companies from Vietnam include renowned theatres and companies, such as Thang Long Theatre, Bong Sen Theatre, provincial dance and music companies of An Giang, Daklak, Phu Yen, Danang, Thua Thien Hue Provincial Music Theatre Company, Hue Royal Traditional Theatre, and art troupes from the three sister cities of Hue – Hanoi – HCM City, World Heritage Cities, and from cities endowed with extraordinary traditional arts Hue Festival 2010 will continue to take advantage of the unique settings of previous festivals Besides, performing venues will be expanded to the vicinity of Hue and recently developed towns of the province as well as newly-established cultural and sport facilities The Citadel still functions as the heart of Hue Festival with some outdoor stages and a number of theatres where exceptional performances are showcased by excellent art troupes in country and abroad Other performing venues will also be set up at large such as Tinh Tam Lake, An Dinh Palace, Ngo Mon Square, Southern part of the city and its outskirts Various venues in the districts of A Luoi, Nam Dong, Phu Loc, Huong Thuy, Phu Vang, Phong Dien, Quang Dien will entertain the public with performances of Vietnamese and international art troupes Many satellites venues to be arranged for Hue Festival 2010’s activities include Nguyen Van Troi Park, Thuong Bac Park, February Park, Nguyen Dinh Chieu pedestrian road, Thuan An Beach, Lang Co Beach, Thanh Toan Roofed Bridge, Phuoc Tich Ancient Village, the Memorial Park of the national’s hero Quang Trung – Nguyen Hue, the Huyen Tran Princess sacred precinct, and other A variety of unique festivities of large scale, well-staged and interesting performances will take place all along days of the festival, including the Grand Opening and Closing ceremonies, Ao dai Grand Show, the “Oriental Night” program, the performance of Viet’s Beauty of the second edition called “the resonance of Ngan river” Royal rites and performances being reenacted in previous festivals will artistically be improved such as Nam Giao Offering Ritual, Royal Palace by Night and Legends of the Perfume River To mark the 1000th Anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi and commemorate the event when Lord Nguyen Phuc Lan decided to choose Kim Long as Nguyen dynasty’s capital, the program called “Itinerary to reclaim the country’s land” and the reenactment of a “Navy maneuver under the Nguyen Lords” will be showcased to audiences Moreover, a wide range of fringe and socialized activities are themed in accordance with guideline of the Organizing Committee to create an ebullient ambiance, including a fête for children called “Summer’s cubes” Hue’s Poetry Festival, etc Many cultural activities, festivities and community performances will take place, just to name a few: the Art exhibition of female painters and artists, exhibit of Ly Dynasty’s artefacts by Vietnam’s Institute for Fine Arts, photographs and painting exposition by Literature and Arts Associations from Hue, Hanoi, Phu Tho, Ninh Binh, Thanh Hoa entitled: “From Ancient Capital to Ancient Capital”, the exhibition of lacquer paintings called: “ A Self-narration of the Ancient Capital”, and the display of royal honour-conferring diplomas and ancient books, etc Installation art works and street art performances will involve the public days and nights Particularly, the extensive display of street paintings carried out by hundreds of Hue’s painters and students from Hue University of Fine Arts on the floor of Trang Tien bridge and the installation show named “For our Green Planet” with the participation of artists of all three regions nationwide will excite festival’s viewers Scientific workshops and a festival called “Science in community life” hosted by the University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Hue in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy and the University of Sassari will be taken place for the first time as a scientific festival within Hue Festival Other sport activities including the National Tennis Team Tournament, Kite Plying Fête, Traditional Martial Arts Gathering, Human Chess Competition, Sampan Racing, as well as revitalization of “Hue’s traditional wedding ceremony” in association with Hue gastronomy to serve the public, or a taste of Hue’s vegetarian foods will amaze visitors during days of festival Diverse tours of community – based tourism and eco-tourism will enable visitors to discover the extraordinary beauty of the area, from Lang Co – member of the “World’s Most Beautiful Bays”, to the highland of A Luoi, Nam Dong and the Tam Giang – Cau Hai lagoon From the beginning of 2010, together with various cultural, sport and traditional festivities, many major events preceding Hue Festival 2010 to commemorate national anniversaries include The Coronation Ceremony of Emperor Quang Trung in association with the inauguration of his Memorial Park (on January 9th, 2010), Huyen Tran’s Temple Festival (on the ninth of first Lunar month or February 22nd, 2010), Xa Tac Ritual (in the second Lunar month), the festivity called “Tam Giang’s sunshine and wind” to be organized on the lagoon area of Quang Dien District (from April 30 to May 1, 2010) In particular, the Buddha’s Birthday celebration taking place one week prior to the festival opening will certainly trigger the festival atmosphere by its colorful activities Hue Festival 2010 promises to be a season of festivities with innovative impressive and charming activities for tourists from far and near [...]... cultural and tourism festival of national scale in Vietnam Upon its brilliant successes, Hue Festival has been biennually held in even years since then, and this contributes to the government’s decision to build Hue the Festival City of Vietnam Over the past festivals, Hue Festival has achieved remarkable results In 2000, Hue Festival received over 30 art troupes from Vietnam and France with more than 1000... previous festivals and will be renewed on a higher scale this year, there are four novel festivities to be introduced including the reenactments of Quang Trung Emperor’s Coronation Ceremony, Xa Tac Offering Ritual, Military Mandarin Contest, and the program of “Perfume River’s Legends” Just as Hue Festival 2006 was closing, Hue officials immediately started preparation for Hue Festival 2008 This, the Hue Festival. .. 20 nations and 4 continents including Asia, Europe, North America and Australia Hue, the host city, has meticulous prepared programs and activities for this special festival Right after the closure of the Hue Festival 2006, Hue has started without delay its preparation for the Hue Festival 2008 The program of this year’s festival highlights seven great festivities In addition to the Nam Giao Offering... tourists from all parts of the world Festival 2010 Hue Festival 2010 - Cultural Heritage with Integration and development The rendezvous for Ancient Cities and World Cultural Heritages By the end of 1998 and beginning of 1999, the Government of Vietnam permitted Thua Thien Hue province to organize the Hue Festival 2000 – the first-ever international art, cultural and tourism festival of national scale in... June in Festival with the artistic guidance of Director Le Quy Duong The Grand Fashion Show of Ao dai, which had it origin in Hue, has been a specific part of the Festival Hue during the previous four festivals This time, Ao dai Grand Show will be held in front of Hien Nhon gate This twostory gate, decorated with beautiful porcelain pieces, will be the background of Vietnamese Ao dai The Hue Festival. .. scientific festival within Hue Festival Other sport activities including the National Tennis Team Tournament, Kite Plying Fête, Traditional Martial Arts Gathering, Human Chess Competition, Sampan Racing, as well as revitalization of Hue s traditional wedding ceremony” in association with Hue gastronomy to serve the public, or a taste of Hue s vegetarian foods will amaze visitors during 9 days of festival. .. endowed with extraordinary traditional arts Hue Festival 2010 will continue to take advantage of the unique settings of previous festivals Besides, performing venues will be expanded to the vicinity of Hue and recently developed towns of the province as well as newly-established cultural and sport facilities The Citadel still functions as the heart of Hue Festival with some 5 outdoor stages and a number... by hundreds of Hue s painters and students from Hue University of Fine Arts on the floor of Trang Tien bridge and the installation show named “For our Green Planet” with the participation of artists of all three regions nationwide will excite festival s viewers Scientific workshops and a festival called “Science in community life” hosted by the University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Hue in collaboration... will animate the city during the festival Art groups and companies from Vietnam include renowned theatres and companies, such as Thang Long Theatre, Bong Sen Theatre, provincial dance and music companies of An Giang, Daklak, Phu Yen, Danang, Thua Thien Hue Provincial Music Theatre Company, Hue Royal Traditional Theatre, and art troupes from the three sister cities of Hue – Hanoi – HCM City, World Heritage... to the festival s audience, and 90 community activities and festivities The event attracted 180,000 tourists, in which 30,000 were foreign visitors Taking the theme “Cultural heritage with Integration and Development”, Hue Festival 2010 as the national premier art events to celebrate the Millennium Anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi and to mark the 50th anniversary of sister cities of Hanoi – Hue – Saigon ... ancient capital of Hue The third and final tableau will connote the contribution of tradition to modern life Hue Festival 2002 Building on the success of Hue Festival 2000, Hue Festival 2002 was... identities of Hue as well as Vietnam Following the successes of Festivals 2000 and 2002, the biennial festival aims to building Hue into a specific Festival city in the country Festival Hue 2004 will... Hai Phong, Ha Tay, Hanoi and Hue Festival Hue 2004 will close with a traditional lantern night, with musical performance along the Perfume River Hue Festival 2006 Hue Festival 2006 with the theme