Brunei Joins Asean Cultural Week Celebration In Hanoi
By M K Anwar

Bandar Seri Begawan - Brunei will be participating in the 2nd Asean Culture Week to be held in Hanoi and Ha Long, Vietnam from August 6 to August 13 this year.

The Brunei delegation will be led by Awg Mohd Amin bin BPKDP Hj Sirat, the Acting Special Duties Officer at the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports.

Eighteen delegates representing Brunei will also include 2 creative artists and 10 performing artistes. The opening ceremony for the event will be held at the Hanoi Opera House on the evening of August 8.

Dato Paduka Hj Mahmud bin Hj Bakyr, the National Chairman of the Brunei Asean Committee on Culture and Information, will also be attending the festival.

A preview of the performances that will be performed in Vietnam was held yesterday at the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports.

Working in the framework of projects approved by Asean Committee on Culture and Information, the 2nd Asean Culture Week carries the theme "Asean Arts - Tradition and Modernity".

It aims at introducing and honoring special features of Asean Traditional Cultural Arts, which are preserved and promoted in the context of modernisation and globalisation.

A total of 150 artistes from all the Asean countries will be participating in the event.

Some activities have been arranged which included performing arts, visual arts, national costumes and crafts exhibition.

The idea of organising the Asean Culture Week in different Asean countries was penned during the Asean Summit in Brunei in 1999. It aims at introducing special culture features of the regional nations, promote friendship, solidarity and close cooperation among the Asean people. At the same time it aims at enhancing awareness about Asean of the countries outside the region.

The success of these activities would help raise cultural, political and diplomatic status of the Asean member countries within and outside the region. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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