The Hanoitimes – Vu Lan ceremony in the seventh lunar month every year is a good tradition of Vietnamese people. In Japan, people also have the same festival named Obon festival, which takes place in August every lunar year
Obon Japanese festival – one of Japan’s most well known festivals- will take place at Hanoi’s Times City urban area on August 9-10.
The highlight of the festival will be Bon Odori and Yosakoi performances and other Japan’s traditional dances, Japanese martial arts namely Kendo, Aikido and Judo, and cosplay performances.
Diverse activities will also be staged during the festival including lantern, fashion shows, films on Japanese culture and culinary arts of both nations.
The organizing board said that, the Obon festival will bring interesting experiences to visitors and help them learn more about Japanese people and its unique culture.
The event is co-organised by the Japanese Culture Club, Hanoi-Amsterdam Gifted High School and Yotsuba Vietnam-Japan Culture Centre for Connecting Community.
Entrance tickets to the program are free of charge.
Le Tran
Đăng ký: VietNam News