Vietnamese and foreign artists alike have been hailed for their great contributions to the success of this year’s Hue Festival.
65 art groups featuring 500 foreign artists from 27 countries, 2,000 Vietnamese professional artists, composers, actors and photographers, and 3,000 amateurs took part in the festival.
The pictures below depict the dedication that has made the Hue Festival such a success:
Two female artists from the French art group, Carabosse, working under the burning sun to prepare for their fire performance
Nadine, a member in Carabosse, rehearses
Carabosse member hangs on crane to arrange candle holders on trees
An artist sinks into the water to push a boat while other two artists light fire pots
Carabosse members check fire pots
Two Argentine tango dancers
An amateur actor in a recreation of a Nguyen Dynasty royal wedding procession
A Panamanian dancer with her back dripping with sweat
A dancer from the Russian art group Raduga smiles after a five act performance
Artist Nguyen Duy Hien sold his motorbike to have enough money to invest in his picture road project with 2,012 pictures
Artists opened the Lai ve lai (Come back again) exhibition themselves. The money raised by will be given to disadvantaged students
Photographer Tran Bich wades in water to take pictures of lotus. Bich has donated some of the tens of millions of VND raised by selling photos to disadvantaged children and elders in Hue
Anh Tuyet, Lee Kirby, Nguyen Anh 9 performed Trinh Cong Son’s music
Walther Giger and Camille Huyen coming from Switzerland charmed audiences with their songs about the moon and Hue’s famous poet Han Mac Tu
A troupe from Bong Sen Hippodrome give a professional performance
Miss. Vietnam Ngoc Han joined in many performances and delighted the festival with her beauty
Indian dancer gives a charming performance
Cubans dancing the chachacha
Dancing to a Mexican guitar group
Australian natives in national costume and traditional dance
Mongolian art group in their dangerous circus performance
Two Russian dancers
Mexican guitarist Paco Renteria charmed audiences with his passionate music
Russian teenage dancers happy to perform at the Hue Festival
Indian dancers at the end of their performance
Mexican guitarist Paco Renteria inspired the audiences with his talent