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November 2020
Workshop: Experiencing lacquer painting with artisan Vũ Huy Mến (Hạ Thái Lacquer Village) – FULL
FVH is taking part in the Vietnam Festival of Creativity & Design : Hanoi 2020 Hanoi: “Culture and Creativity” Activity: traditional craft workshop THIS EXCURSION IS FULL When exploring imperial architecture, ancient houses, Buddhism and temples in Vietnam, horizontal boards, parallel sentences and statues are identifiable and beautifully decorated in red and yellow. The art of decorating these works developed alongside Vietnam’s history, and many famous craft villages still exist today. According to some documents, this profession has an 800-year-old history.…
Find out more »Workshop – The Nghê – Vietnam’s sacred spiritual animal workshop for children
Availability as of 10pm 2 Nov x 3 spaces available On Sunday 8 November Trần Hậu Yên Thế is running an art workshop for children at the Fine Arts Museum It is for painting or decorating models of the Nghê sacred animal. This is associated with the Nghê talk and exhibition on 15 November 2020 (http://www.fvheritage.org/event/cultural-event-the-nghe-vietnams-home-grown-sacred-spiritual-animal/). He has a group of children and has kindly made space for a maximum of 5 places for FVH open to children 8-15 yrs of…
Find out more »Hanoi City Walk (English) – Yết Kiêu street area – FULL
THIS WALK IS NOW FULL FVH is taking part in the Vietnam Festival of Creativity & Design : Hanoi 2020 Hanoi: “Culture and Creativity” Activity: city walk We start our stroll from outside the Friendship culture palace on Trần Hưng Đạo street up to Thiền Quang Lake and back up via Yết Kiêu Street. We look at the previous lives of some buildings, we visit some pagodas you may not have been to before, we talk about how Thống Nhất Park was…
Find out more »Cultural series: Talk/lecture. The National Symbols (Identity) of Vietnam
FVH is taking part in the Vietnam Festival of Creativity & Design : Hanoi 2020 Hanoi: "Culture and Creativity" Activity: talk/lecture We are delighted to partner with the State Records & Archives Department of Vietnam Centre III to host a talk and presentation about three iconic national symbols of Vietnam. The National Flag red back ground with yellow star represents Vietnam's spirit, solidarity of ethnicities, the revolutionary fight and heroic sacrifices of the Vietnamese people during the fight for national…
Find out more »Cultural event – The Nghê – Vietnam’s home grown sacred spiritual animal
IN HONOUR AND IN ADVANCE OF VIETNAM'S CULTURAL HERITAGE DAY (23/11) our event is held 1 week before this important celebration Vietnam has 4 sacred animals – the dragon, phoenix, Qilin (Kỳ lân) and the turtle. However, there is a 5th which you may not be aware of. Next time you see what you think is a lion statue at a place of worship pay close attention – it may not be a lion at all …. “To comprehend the…
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