Around 50 troupes from 15 cities and provinces in Vietnam will compete in the Kylin-Dragon Dance Festival in Ho Chi Minh City from Friday to Sunday this week.
The festival, co-organized by the District 5 authorities, the Ho Chi Minh City Television (HTV) and the city Kylin-Lion-Dragon Dance Union, aims to highlight the quintessence of the art, and promote the cultural and tourism products of District 5 and the city as a whole to local people and international visitors.
It will take place at the Van Lang Park on An Duong Vuong street in District 5. Admission is free.
The event will attract leading troupes from the provinces of Dak Lak, Binh Dinh, Binh Thuan, Lam Dong, Tay Ninh, Dong Thap, Vinh Long, An Giang, Kien Giang, Soc Trang, Tien Giang, Dong Nai, Binh Duong, and Hanoi and HCMC.
The festival will include a category of Lan Len Mai Hoa Thung (Kylins Climb a Mountain) where a performer must jump from the lowest iron pole, around one meter high, to the highest one of at least 1.7 meters. There are 10 poles 1-3 meters apart.
There will be 40 troupes to compete in this category. Eleven other troupes will join the category of Mua Rong (Dragon Dance).
The organizers will set up a grandstand of 1,500 seats and a huge LED screen to serve audiences.