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October 2019
FORMAL EVENT -20TH ANNIVERSARY CEREMONY FULL
ALL SEATS ARE NOW TAKEN - WE NOW HAVE A WAITING LIST INCASE OF CANCELLATIONS ENTRY TO THE EVENT MUST BE DONE VIA RSVP AS WE HAVE A DETAILED LOGISTICS NOTE FOR GUESTS AND EACH PERSON HAS AN RSVP NUMBER. THANKS FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING Welcome to our 20th anniversary formal opening ceremony This is our chance to say thank you so much to you our members, partners and contributors for 2 decades of support. Meet old faces, make new…
Find out more »Talk/lecture – Dao/Yao ethnic group ceremonial paintings
The Yao or Dao, in north Vietnam, are one of the 54 ethnic minorities. Each ethnic group has its own lifestyles, customs, traditions, worship faiths. Ancestral and gods worship is central to the spiritual lives of the ethnic people living in Vietnam’s northern regions including the Dao or Yao. As the custom of hanging worship paintings in ritual ceremonies remained, a large number of worship paintings are preserved. Thanh at the Indigo Store will give us a talk about the…
Find out more »Tour (English): Behind the scenes – State Records & Archives Department of Vietnam
A fascinating look behind the scenes at the State Records and Archives Department of Vietnam Centre no. 1 which holds pre-1945 documents, with a major concentration from the Nguyen Dynasty 1802-1945 which includes the French Colonial period. As the period is pre-1945 the archives also holds documents long before Nguyen Dynasty, the oldest document dates from the 15th century in 1488. 5km of documents are stored here. The Director and some of her team will take us on a fascinating behind the scenes tour.…
Find out more »1 day excursion. Textile Museum and Xối Trì village Nam Định – FULL
THIS TOUR IS FULL. WE HAVE STARTED A WAITING LIST. AND WE MAY HAVE A CHANCE TO RUN THIS TOUR AGAIN BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR A two-part excursion to Nam Định Province , about 90km south of Hanoi. It has a rich culture, history and architecture. In today’s excursion we visit the Nhà Bảo Tàng Dệt May (Vietnam Textile Museum) and 1 of only 3 families who make the iconic ‘Bia Hoi’ glasses. Plus we will see other areas as…
Find out more »Film night – Chuyện tử tế (The Story of Kindness)
We are excited to be screening a fascinating documentary film for October: Chuyện tử tế (The Story of Kindness - also referred to as How to Behave) by Director Trần Văn Thủy We are honoured that Thủy will attend our movie night. He will introduce the film which will be followed by Q&A with him. “The idea of "kindness" or “tử tế” in Vietnamese, has its origin in two old Chinese-Vietnamese words. “Tử” means the smallest element while “tế” is the subtlest matter. These…
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