Nha Trang street festival
Tuesday, 11/06/2013 09:00 (GMT+7)
About 10,000 inhabitants and tourists enjoyed the Nha Trang street festival, with participation from more than 1,000 artists at the Nha Trang 2-4 Square on June 9.
The Street Festival is part of the Nha Trang Sea Festival 2013 themed “Nha Trang – Sea rendezvous” which is taking place in Nha Trang City; Cam Ranh City, Khanh Vinh District and Ninh Hoa Town (Khanh Hoa province) from June 8-11.
The cultural event is part of the effort to promote sea tourism in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa, as well as the economic role of sea and islands of Vietnam.
The festival calls investment from organizations and individuals at home and abroad to Khanh Hoa, and continues to affirm Nha Trang as an ideal city to organize national and international events.
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Overview of the Nha Trang sea festival 2013 |
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A parade float displayed a "Mother Goddess” design
based on the image of the sun |
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The girls in the stylized dresses of the Sun Goddess
performed Cham dances |
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Lively scene of fishermen and navy soldiers always side by side
to protect the sea and islands |
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Spectators were excited with the street performance items |
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The bird’s nests model – the speciality of Khanh Hoa province |
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Reinstituting the fishing festival, a characteristic belief and the traditional
culture of the inhabitants in Khanh Hoa coastal areas |
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Performers used the masks of Tuong (Vietnam’s traditional theatre opera) |
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Vietnamese girls performed in ao dai, the traditional costume of Vietnam |
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Performing traditional folk dances of Russia |
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Parading the countries’ flags |
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Performing Korean traditional folk dance |
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Girls dressed in Kimonos demonstrated the Japanese traditional culture |
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Miss Diem Huong appeared onstage to close the street art program |