STORY: Festive event held in Laos to celebrate upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year
SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 29, 2024
DATELINE: Jan. 31, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:52
LOCATION: Vientiane
CATEGORY: CULTURE

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STORYLINE:

The China Cultural Center in Laos hosted an event in Vientiane to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, which falls on Feb. 10 this year.

The event held on Monday was attended by Lao Deputy Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Vansy Kuamua, Charge d'Affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Laos Wang Chang, Director of the China Cultural Center in Laos Li Yiping, along with more than 100 participants from the Lao and Chinese sides.

At the event, an orchestra from east China's Jiangsu Province presented a wonderful folk music performance to the Lao people. The concert started with the "Dance of the Golden Snake," and concluded with Lao's famous song called "The Land of Freedom."

The China Cultural Center in Laos will continue to organize various activities, such as dumpling-making workshop, cultural exhibitions, Chinese traditional costume try-on and other activities to celebrate the Chinese New Year 2024.

The 78th United Nations General Assembly unanimously passed a resolution on Dec. 22, 2023, officially designating the Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, as a UN floating holiday.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Vientiane.
(XHTV)