Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Hanoi insists on displaying the similarities in Indochina: Similarities forged under communist Vietnamese occupation

08-05-2007
Joint heritage fest opens in Quang Nam

VNS (Hanoi)

QUANG NAM — The oldest district in Hoi An Town will set the stage for the Heritage Journey Festival, a joint programme organised by Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia, at the end of June.

The third biennial event, held on June 26-30, is a chance for visitors to understand more about the geographical and cultural similarities of these three neighbouring countries and promote the destinations as a whole, said organisers.

The 2007 festival is the biggest one yet with more abundant and original activities in the works, they said.

The five-day festival begins in the ancient Hoi An Town where audiences will get a taste of the nature, culture and history of each country, as well as their neighbours. Visitors will get new insight into heritage sites like the My Son complex, Cham towers Tower and old Hoi An’s district via singing, dancing and special feasts prepared as part of the celebrations.

Similar events are planned in Angkor, the temple city near Siemriep in Cambodia and Luang Prabang in Laos at the same time.

One of the highlights of the programme is a month-long, travelling exhibition of 400 artefacts from 10 world cultural heritage sites located in the three countries. They will be on display from June 26 to July 26.

Fun food

Art exchanges and a traditional food fairs showcasing specialities prepared by the Viet, Cham and Co Tu ethnic groups who live in Quang Nam Province are other family events to be enjoyed in addition to watching artisans weave mats and silk in An Phuoc Village, Duy Phuoc Commune and Dong Yen Village.

Cultural dances, performances and costumes will amaze visitors as far as the eye can see with help of fantastic feats performed by Dien Bien, Lao Cai, Tuyen Quang, Bac Ninh and Phu Yen acrobatic and cultural troupes plying their trade throughout the week.

These activities can also been seen in Tam Ky town and Cham Island.

Other highlights of the festival include nights dedicated to each major city participating, small and large festivals, folk games and events dedicated to communities and their history in the region.

For beach bums, Cua Dai Beach in Hoi An is the perfect place to watch boat races, volleyball competitions, cycling tournaments as well as kite flying.

The festival will end with an artistic show in Cham Island, comprised of legends, historical stories and explanations on the cultural significance and nuances regarding Ngoa Long Island in the East Sea.

Organisers said the festival will allow people from the region to meet tourists, artists and business people simultaneously.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

The world knows quite well that there are plenty of nothing-in-common between Vietnam and Cambodia wheras Laos and Cambodia may have more than just a few things to talk about.

Vietnam's final push for the total Vietnamization of Indochina will not go unoticed!!!

Anonymous said...

This is sick!! Now the fucken Vietcong want to find common ground with Cambodia and Loa??ahaha
I say no thank! This is the Vietcong last trick? I am sure the Vietcong have more tricks but Cambodian people had known these Vietcong tricks ever since the Vietcong took over Khmer Kampuchea Krom and before that!!!!!

The Vietcong had been oppressing 14 million Khmer Kampuchea Krom as their slave and now they want to find common ground with Cambodia?? I told you the Vietcong have one fuck up mentality and only AH HUN SEN Vietcong slave can agree to that!!!

If the fucken Vietcong want to find common ground with Cambodia and they better free the 14 million Khmer Kampuchea Krom now!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Wow, great news! I can't wait to
turn on some Yuon cuties to our
saravan. I know chinese people
loves it, so Yuon shouldn't have
any problem hacking it. Yahoooo!!!

Anonymous said...

Just keep your damned culture to yourselve, we dont want anything to do with you ,your stinky fishsauce eater. God damn it.Show similarity my ass....just stop nibbling our land that's all we ask....

Anonymous said...

Well, if you want to be by
yourself, I propose you book the
next flight to Mars with Nasa.

Anonymous said...

i will ,if your sister agree to go along.

Anonymous said...

No Problem, I will drop her an
email in Ho Chi Ming city. Let
me know when your departure is,
okay?

Anonymous said...

Damn it,i end up with viet'girl again, but hey LIFT OFF AFTER midnight and told her to wear THONG only ok.....

Anonymous said...

No problem, she will meet you at
the launch site, and good luck
to you both.

Anonymous said...

Ignorant ass Vietnamese, we are not similar in anyway way at all, we never were and never will be. We are human beings, they are human dogs with the uttermost disrespect for life and religion. Keep your Chinese culture to yourself Vietnam.