In pictures: Quang Chieu Festival in Hue City
VOV.VN - The Hue Festival 2016 has officially opened, offering lots of arts and cultural activities, many unique festivals and new experiences for local and foreign guests traveling to the country to experience.
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Chief among the events, in this the 9th edition of the Hue Festival, is the Quang Chieu festival organized on May 1 by the Buddhist Sangha Executive Board of Thua Thien Hue Province. |
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The Quang Chieu festival expresses Buddhist musical space |
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At the event the participants bearing colourful lanterns sing and pray for world peace and a happy and prosperous nation |
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It’s a dignified and solemn ritual |
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Participants dance with flower garlands and colourful lanterns |
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After the ceremony, people hurdle hundreds of flower garlands and lanterns into the Huong (Perfume) River |
