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April 2019
Film Night: Đừng đốt (Don’t Burn)
Đặng Nhật Minh was born in Hue on 10 May 1938 and he is one of Vietnam’s leading film directors. His father was a doctor and Minh planned to follow in his father’s footsteps. But he found his way into the film world and in 1965 made his first film about a geological engineer. He is the first Vietnamese person to be awarded the Nikkei Asia Prize for Culture in 1999. In 2007 the was awarded the Vietnamese government’s Ho Chi Minh…
Find out more »Craft making – traditional paper cutting workshop 2.
If you are keen on making your own decoration items from paper, you should not miss this workshop. In 2.5 hours, you will be able to create some hanging decorations and pictures using basic Kirigami techniques in a mostly symmetrical design. The instructor will guide you to begin your artwork step-by-step and using the correct techniques. The main topic for pictures is Vietnam’s typical scenery, although there is no limitation to your creativity. Notes: - Kirigami is the Japanese art…
Find out more »May 2019
Book Club: The Moon Bamboo and other stories
FVH Bookclubmembers For May 2019 we will be reading: The Moon Bamboo and other stories (volume I) This is a collection of 38 Vietnamese tales and legends chosen and edited by the publisher. It is a means to enter the magic world of tradition, rural life, popular beliefs and myths of Vietnam. Each short story is given the name of an ethnic group of origin. "On the distant moon, there lived a strong and handsome lad by the name of Con…
Find out more »Excursion and workshop: Vạn Phúc and Vụn Art
For May we plan two x one day excursions - beginning and end of the month. Today we visit Vạn Phúc silk village. Vạn Phúc traditional silk is woven from the natural silk material, giving it a soft, smooth touch and sophisticated look found nowhere else. May be for this reason Vạn Phúc silk was chosen to make the national costumes during Nguyen dynasty. Full day excursion split into two activities: silk collage workshop and village tour. Proceeds go to Vụn Art.…
Find out more »Cultural Series – Lecture. “ Đông Sơn Tools; history, technology and style”. Talk with Mark Rapoport
There is something mystical about the Bronze Age. It is amazing to find a tool or implement that was made and used by a person over 2000 years ago. The Bronze Age in Viet Nam began around 1000 BC when a civilization discovered that they could create metal by heating certain rocks (called ores) until the metals came out of them. The Dong Son period was the first great civilization in Viet Nam, and most tools were made of bronze.…
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