Dancing in Deutschland: An art performance by overseas Vietnamese in Germany to celebrate the Hùng Kings Memorial Day 2017.(Photo: VNA).

Among them are the implementation of a project titled “Vietnam Ancestral Global Day” and an ancestor worship ceremony to be held by the Association for Liaison with Overseas Vietnamese (ALOV).

Other activities will include the Project Mobilisation Unit of Vietnam Ancestral Global Day (PMU-VAGD) which will be held in coordination with overseas Vietnamese associations in the Czech Republic, Russia, Hungary, and Germany.

The cultural events will include art performances and exhibitions of products from across Vietnam. Alongside this will be seminars and workshops about Vietnamese culture. The events are highly regarded by Vietnamese living, studying and working abroad, as they provide an opportunity to pay homage to their home country.

A report from the ALOV reveals that this is the first time “Vietnam Ancestral Global Day” has been celebrated simultaneously in many European countries following a shared format. The events will be modified slightly to suit the context of each Vietnamese community.

The ALOV and PMU-VAGD negotiated with the Mai Linh Group Corporation, alongside various local businesses, to contribute four statues of the Hung Kings, as well as 12 sets of ritual clothes, and trays of offerings to organization committees abroad.

The annual Hung Kings’ Temple Festival is usually celebrated by overseas Vietnamese communities in a similar fashion to back home. Ceremonies are often held with incense offerings and tributes to the nation’s ancestors.

The spreading of Vietnamese culture, especially the spiritual ritual of the “Hung Kings’ worship rite” is not far-reaching. In 2012, the “Hung Kings’ worship rite” was recognized as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Symbol of a project titled “Vietnam Ancestral Global Day”.

Since 2015, the Vietnam Ancestral Global Day Project has moved towards three key goals: To preserve and spread the Intangible Cultural Heritage “Hung Kings’ worship rite” abroad; to hold discussions, seminars and workshops to connect and promote intercultural exchange between Vietnamese and other cultures in the world; and to build a strategy to spread and advertise Vietnamese cultural (spiritual) values in the life of overseas Vietnamese, host countries and international friends, as well as in the virtual/media environment in a systematic, consistent, comprehensive and annual manner.

The non-profit socio-cultural project aims to bring public values to overseas Vietnamese all over the world. It is carried out at both community and international levels.

Source: VNA