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April 2025
Craft workshop (a.m): hanging decorations ethnic minority textiles – waiting list
THIS WORKSHOP IS NOW FULL. PLEASE RSVP FOR THE WAITING LIST. THANKS In 2023 we started running some workshops with Huyen of Textile Linker fame who teamed up with Thuy who founded Chie Dù Pù Dù Pà in Hang Trong street to run craft workshops. Always looking for a new item for a workshop, this month we will make 2 hanging decorations. A total of 6 small squares 'shells' - are pre-sewn, we fill them with cotton wool stuffing and…
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Festival (a.m): Đền Đồng Cổ Loyalty and Fidelity Oath festival – FULL
THIS IS NOW FULL, THANKS Đền Đồng Cổ Loyalty and Fidelity Oath festival (Bưởi ward, Hanoi) - Hội thề Trung Hiếu Đền Đồng Cổ (Đồng Cổ temple) dates back to 1028 during the Lý Dynasty. It worships the sacred Trống Đồng god, associated with the Loyalty Oath and profound morality, emanating from the reign of King Lý Thái Tông – the 2nd Lý Dynasty king and eldest son of King Lý Thái Tổ (Lý Công Uẩn). In Thanh Hóa Province…
Find out more »Cultural Series (p.m): The life and work of Major General Trần Kinh Chi
Major General Trần Kinh Chi (1927-2018) (his real name was Nguyễn Văn Hợp), was the former Director of the Military Security Department; former Commander and Political Commissar of the Mausoleum Protection Command, Head of the Hồ Chí Minh Mausoleum Management Board; former Deputy Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs; he was the youngest general, and held the position of Commander and the first Head of the Mausoleum Management Board of the unit. We are honoured that is grandson,…
Find out more »Hanoi city walk (English) a.m: Nguyễn Công Trứ Street and surrounding area – waiting list
THIS WALK IS NOW FULL. PLEASE RSVP FOR THE WAITING LIST IN CASE SPACES BECOME AVAILBLE THANKS. Our exploration starts outside number 5D Hàm Long street, where the first Communist Party Cell of Hanoi was established. Then along Lò Đúc Street to the Pasteur gardens, and outside the National Institute of Hygiene & Epidemiology (originally the Pasteur Institute). Back up Lò Đúc and to Nguyễn Công Trứ Street. Carry on to Hai Bà Trưng Lake and the temple complex opposite…
Find out more »Evening: folk music medley and the sounds of Xẩm
Traditional music evening with artist MAI TUYẾT HOA and her folk music band. Hoa is a very well known traditional musician, folk music researcher and Xẩm artist. She is currently Director of the Center for Research, Preservation and Promotion of Vietnamese Folk Music and head/founder of the ‘Xẩm Hà Thành’ folk music group. The performance is a mix of hát Xẩm and some other folk music held on the terrace of our FVH friend’s house in Tây Hồ. We hope it…
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