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Italy clinches global fireworks competition in Danang 2012
07:35 |The Parente team from Italy won the fifth Da Nang International Fireworks Competition over the weekend with their colourful performance entitled Rainbow of Da Nang. It's the second time in a row the Italian team has claimed the coveted title in the annual competition. Teams from France and China shared second place, while Canada and host Viet Nam tied for third.
With over 32,000 spectators, the Italian team sparked the sky of cultural coastal city, lighting up the Han River for 23 minutes to put themselves on the victory podium for the second time. They introduced the performance with a crescendo of emotion with a music track, August's Rhapsody, composed by Mark Mancina.
They closed their performance with purple, the colour of energy, vitality and calm. The French team, Jacques Couturier, depicted the famous Marble Mountains of Da Nang, with sweet scents and romantic music. On the opening night on Sunday, the Canadian team raise the curtain on their show to the strains of O Fortuna before lighting up the night with I Gotta Feeling, Dance of the Reeds and the Butterfly Lovers concerto.
The Vietnamese performance included 5,300 individual fireworks for a 23-minute show, while China's Liuyang dancing fireworks team told the story of Peach Blossom Valley on the Han River. Canada's Davis Whysall won the first prize in 2008, while China's Liuyang Dancing team took the title in 2009. France's Jacques Couturier Organisation clinched the first prize in 2010. According to the organising committee, the city saw about 400,000 tourists arrivals during the two-day festival.
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With over 32,000 spectators, the Italian team sparked the sky of cultural coastal city, lighting up the Han River for 23 minutes to put themselves on the victory podium for the second time. They introduced the performance with a crescendo of emotion with a music track, August's Rhapsody, composed by Mark Mancina.
They closed their performance with purple, the colour of energy, vitality and calm. The French team, Jacques Couturier, depicted the famous Marble Mountains of Da Nang, with sweet scents and romantic music. On the opening night on Sunday, the Canadian team raise the curtain on their show to the strains of O Fortuna before lighting up the night with I Gotta Feeling, Dance of the Reeds and the Butterfly Lovers concerto.
The Vietnamese performance included 5,300 individual fireworks for a 23-minute show, while China's Liuyang dancing fireworks team told the story of Peach Blossom Valley on the Han River. Canada's Davis Whysall won the first prize in 2008, while China's Liuyang Dancing team took the title in 2009. France's Jacques Couturier Organisation clinched the first prize in 2010. According to the organising committee, the city saw about 400,000 tourists arrivals during the two-day festival.
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Ha Long puts spotlight on ethnic cultures
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| Halong Festival 2012 |
Several famous artists, including the People's Artist Quang Tho as well as songstresses Ho Quynh Huong and Ngoc Anh, took part the event. In addition, performances by art troupes from South Korea, China, Laos and the Philippines created extra cultural diversity at the event. A vivid parade gathering thousands of ethnic people living in the province took place on the city's main street alongside the beach.
Unlike other previous carnivals, where most of the performers were professional artists, this year's event gathered more than 3,000 ethnic performers drawn from the San Chay, San Diu, Tay and Dao. "Only the ordinary people are able to expose their culture truly and vividly," said the carnival's general director, People's Artist Le Tien Tho. The tourists also had a chance to learn about the unique cultural of different ethnic groups when several traditional festivals and customs were presented.
They wallowed in the festive atmosphere of a traditional wrestling competition of Quang Yen District, or a rice-planting kick off ritual from women of the Ha Nam Island in Yen Hung District. While the San Diu group living in Van Don replicated a traditional wedding, the Dao, Hoang Bo and San Chay groups presented folk dances. The carnival became more beautiful with a spectacular fireworks performance presented by French artists.
The parade was also joined by a group of 300 local Buddhists, aiming to promote the spiritual culture of the province, considered as a cradle of Vietnamese Buddhism. The 1,068m above sea level Yen Tu Mountain in the province is the place where King Tran Nhan Tong in the 13th century founded the Truc Lam Zen School.
The site attracts thousands of pilgrims every year, contributing significantly to the province's socio-economic development. Culture, Sports and Tourism Minister Hoang Tuan Anh, President of the New7Wonders Foundation Bernard Weber and representatives of other New Seven Wonders of Nature participated in the event.
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