Music, acrobatics, dance, and spectacular fireworks by Spanish and Vietnamese artists will be on display October 2 to celebrate Hanoi’s millennium anniversary.
The Festival of Dragon show to be held at the My Dinh National Stadium will depict the legend of the city from a Spanish perspective.
Nineteen artists from Spain’s Els Comediants group and 18 artists from the Vietnam Circus will perform.
The show will start with a blue dragon waking up from a long slumber in the northeast of the country. It breaths fireballs into the sky and creates the islands in Ha Long Bay. The islands become green and more beautiful, waking up the gods, including the Fire God, who is considered to be closely connected with the lives of humans.
The festivities reach a climax with the gods deciding to seek out the other dragons, like the fire dragon, air dragon, and land dragon, to congratulate the dragon for the city’s millennium anniversary.
The centerpiece of the stage will be a giant dragon, 10 meters wide and 10 meters tall, whose eyes can move to express emotions.
The ideas and scenario of this program are built by Spanish artists from Els Comediants group.
The group is popular for its impressive performances, not only in Spain, but also all over the world. It performed at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992.
Nguyen van Tinh, head of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s International Cooperation Department, highlighted Spain’s goodwill for Vietnam and promised a successful festival.
This festival will be organized by the Spanish embassy o and the ministry. Admission will be free.
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