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Poetry reading held in Kathmandu to mark Mid-Autumn Festival

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STORY: Poetry reading held in Kathmandu to mark Mid-Autumn Festival
SHOOTING TIME: Sept. 17, 2024
DATELINE: Sept. 18, 2024
LENGTH: 00:00:57
LOCATION: Kathmandu
CATEGORY: CULTURE

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A Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival poetry reading was held Tuesday in Nepal's capital of Kathmandu.

The festival is an occasion when families gather together, share mooncakes and view the full moon.

Learners of the Chinese language and local teachers from the China Cultural Center recited eight classical, festival-themed Chinese poems.
   
Sarbottam Shrestha, first vice president of the executive committee of the Arniko Society, gave a brief introduction to Chinese literature and poetry and also discussed the specific poems that were recited. Arniko Society is an association of Nepalese scholars and experts who graduated from China.
   
Bimala Tumkhewa and Momila Joshi, Nepali women with published poetry anthologies, recited Nepali poems at the reading event.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kathmandu.
(XHTV)

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