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August 2023
Craft workshop: making Dó paper bracelets – half full
AS OF 6 AUGUST 5 SPACES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE Hong Ky runs Chạm Dó, her social enterprise business which preserves, supports and promotes Vietnam’s traditional dó paper in a sustainable and creative way. She helps the community of paper makers in Hoa Binh Province to create more job opportunities and stable incomes. For many many years FVH has teamed up with Hong Ky to run small group dedicated FVH workshops. This month we will make bracelets from dó paper and additional decorative…
Find out more »Hanoi City Walk (English) p.m – from bronze to food, stories of Trúc Bạch Lake & Ngũ Xã – POSTPONED
APOLOGIES BUT WE HAVE TO POSTONE THIS WALK - IT IS FULL BUT WE NEED TO REARRANGE IT AS STELLA HAS TO BE OUT OF HANOI AT THIS TIME. A NEW DATE WILL BEARRANGED An eclectic walk touching on bronze casting, and the general changes to the area, the former and present lives of the land and buildings. We start the tour at Quán Thánh temple, the almost purely Taoist temple with 350-year-old bronze statue of Trấ́́n Vũ. We refer to legends around…
Find out more »Cultural series – the village communal house its art, structure and symbols
This is the second of 2 events this month focused on the detail about some places of worship (the first is a tour to explore a specific pagoda, the second is a study lecture about communal houses in general). The concept of the village communal house in Vietnam is one of thousands of years of history. This structure is seen as a symbol of culture, spirit and religion of Vietnamese people, it was the centre of village activity and village…
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Hanoi City Walk (English) p.m – from bronze to food, stories of Trúc Bạch Lake & Ngũ Xã – FULL
THIS WALK IS NOW FULL. PLEASE RSVP FOR THE WAITNG LIST. THANKS An eclectic walk touching on bronze casting, and the general changes to the area, the former and present lives of the land and buildings. We start the tour at Quán Thánh temple, the almost purely Taoist temple with 350-year-old bronze statue of Trấ́́n Vũ. We refer to legends around Trúc Bạch lake – stories, history of the area, the part the young people played in Hanoi’s reconstruction after the French war,…
Find out more »Workshop and talk – from old vehicle tyres to rubber sandals – Vietnamese footwear ingenuity – FULL
THIS IS NOW FULL BUT PLEASE RSVP FOR THE WAITING LIST. THANKS HOW DID OLD DISCARDED VEHICLE TYRES REINVENT THEMSELVES AS FOOTWEAR THAT HELPED THE VIETNAMESE IN THE FRENCH AND AMERICAN WARS? You may well have heard of the Hồ Chí Minh sandals – made from old vehicle tyres - worn during the French and American war years. Actually, there were different design of sandals named according to the war periods. Join us as we meet the leading Vua Dép Lốp…
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