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| Hue Festival 2024 will take place with four main themes according to each season of the year. (Photo: hanoimoi.vn) |
Accordingly, the Hue Festival 2024 is organized according to the four-season orientation, including a series of events and festivals taking place continuously and lasting throughout the year, with the focus on summer festival, the highlight being the Hue Festival Week 2024 themed “Cultural Heritage with International Integration and Development”.
After Ban Soc ceremony (a ceremony to distribute calendars for royal mandarins during the Nguyen Dynasty) held recently, the spring festival will take place from January to March 2024 with typical spring activities of Hue such as Hoang Mai Festival, Tet Ancient capital, Thuong Tieu ceremony and unique folk games and royal games of Hue ancient capital.
The summer festival, themed “The Imperial City Shines”, will take place from April to June 2024, with the highlight being the peak week scheduled from June 7 to 12, 2024 with many large-scale, unique and majestic art programs and festivals gathering famous domestic and international art troupes.
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| The Ban Soc ceremony of the Nguyen Dynasty, just held in early January 2024, opened the series of activities of the Hue Festival 2024. (Photo: hanoimoi.vn) |
The autumn festival taking place from July to September is expected to introduce to visitors festivals of Kylin and dragon, lanterns, ancient villages of Hue, and others.
The winter festival will include various entertainment and arts programs, an international music festival, and the countdown welcoming New Year 2025.
Hue Festival, held every two years, is a venue for international arts exchanges between countries. It also aims to promote Vietnamese and Hue culture and the tourism-socio-economic development of Thua Thien-Hue province.
The event will be a chance to introduce to international visitors the UNESCO heritages of the old capital of Vietnam, including Hue Complex of Monuments, Hue Royal Court Music, Woodblocks of the Nguyen Dynasty, Nguyen Dynasty's royal documents, and the royal literature on Hue royal architecture./.