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Flower festival to usher in New Year
BTA 20:42, 2012/01/02
A giant picture of Khue Van Cac (Pavilion of the Constellation of Literature) made of thousands of dry flowers has been featured at the 2012 Flower Festival which began o­n the evening of December 30 to celebrate the New Year.

The Hanoitimes - A giant picture of Khue Van Cac (Pavilion of the Constellation of Literature) made of thousands of dry flowers has been featured at the 2012 Flower Festival which began o­n the evening of December 30 to celebrate the New Year.


The actual pavilion is located within Van Mieu (the Temple of Literature ) in Hanoi .

The festival, entitled Rendezvous of streets and Flowers, has been organised along Dinh Tien Hoang street and around Hoan Kiem Lake with the contributions of artisans from throughout the nation.

According to Nguyen Khac Loi, deputy director of the Hanoi 's Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism which organises the event, the festival aims to entertain people, embellish the capital, promote tourism and honour the country's heritage sites.

Artisan Manh Hung has created "The Legend of Vietnam" from flowers. The legend tells the story of Lac Long Quan and Au Co, the creators of the Vietnamese people.

Hoa Sao flower shop has highlighted the beauty of ao dai (traditional dress of Vietnamese women) with flowers.

The Viet Phap Flowers company has restored the image and the beauty of Ha Noi at dawn o­n Thanh Nien Road by the West Lake with horses-dawn carriages and flowers in the early dew.

The festival has also featured traditional music such as ca tru (ceremonial singing), cheo (popular traditional music), cai luong (renovated theatre), dragon dance and folk games along with a flower arranging competition.

The Embassy of Holland in Vietnam, which is sponsoring the event, has offered the festival 4,625 pots of lilies.

The 90-minute opening ceremony was held at 8pm o­n December 30 in front of the Ly Thai To Square. It was broadcasted live o­n the Hanoi television.

The festival will end tomorrow, o­n January 3, 2012.
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