Hue traditional craft festival to pave new road
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Besides parades during the opening and closing ceremonies, the festival will include other notable programmes such as a jewellery and Vietnam traditional dress exhibition organised by the Vietnam Fashion Design Institute on the evening of June 9, which aims to affirm the exquisite talents of artisans and goldsmiths. And from June 8-10, 12 traditional Hue wooden houses will be in place for the exhibition of works of silver and gold jewellery, copper casting and engraving by 200 artisans from 13 professional villages in 9 cities and provinces throughout the country. Like the first Hue professional village festival held in 2005, which introduced traditional embroidering and palm hat making, this year’s festival, according to Nguyen Duy Hien, Head of the Culture Department of the city, will not simply be a celebration of traditional crafts, artisans and villages. Through the Hue Traditional Craft Festival, which takes place every 2 years, alternating with the bigger Hue Festival, organisers hope to explore ways to revive and develop traditional craft villages which are very much on the verge of becoming obsolete. "Organisers hope that through meetings and exhibitions, and especially through access to antique and photo collections, handicraft and fine art producers in Thu Thien-Hue province will somehow find new directions for their profession,” said Nguyen Duy Hien, who is also a member of the festival organisation committee. “In the near future, they may think about producing old-style souvenir products, which tourists love. Yet, in Hue, this idea hasn’t been thought of though it is a common direction for Vietnam as well as many other countries. Hoi An, for instance, has followed this road and has been successful so far,” added Nguyen Duy Hien. (Source: Viet Nam Net) |
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