The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange held the ‘2022 Culture Bridge Festa’, a cultural festival focused this year on Vietnam Y kazakhstan. Happened at the Yeouido Hangang Park Event Plaza, Seoul, from 14 to October 16. More than 10,000 visitors participated in the event.
This festival has the value of expanding opportunities to enjoy cultural diversity by introducing and exchanging cultures from all over the world in Korea.
This year, the target countries were Vietnam and Kazakhstan, and the two countries connected with each other through cultural experiences that sought to satisfy all five senses.
Visitors wore the colorful Vietnamese traditional dress ‘Ao Dai’ and took a photo at the photo zone, and had the experience of decorating ‘Non La’, a Vietnamese traditional hat.
They also enjoyed making models of yurts, a traditional Kazakh house, and visitors were able to experience Kazakhstan’s vast natural landscape through images of the country projected in a movie theater.
Exotic performances by Vietnamese and Kazakh artists
On the street, a parade of ‘Giant Soldiers of Kazakhstan (Arlan Zhete)’ was held, which has an average height of more than 2 meters.
This festival has the value of expanding opportunities to enjoy cultural diversity
In addition, the “Vietnam Contemporary Art Theatre” showed a dance performance with bamboo stalks, allowing citizens who went on a weekend excursion to the Han River to enjoy the exotic atmosphere of Vietnam. Vietnam Y kazakhstan.
Asia Song Festival and Bridge Culture Festival were held together
In particular, this year’s Festa was co-sponsored with the ‘Asian Song Festival’, further expanding the opportunity to enjoy cultural diversity among Asian countries.
At the ‘Asia Song Festival’ held on October 14th which was the first day of the Culture Bridge Festa, a total of 10 teams from 7 countries, including Korean musicians such as ‘Oh My Girl’ and ‘Gray’, participated and performed live.
On the 15th, 30 models representing Korea, Vietnam Y kazakhstan They presented a joint fashion show. On the 16th, the Suwon City Choir held a concert with musicians from Vietnam Y Kazakhstan delivering Asian melodies linked to culture and art.
