(VOVworld) – Kimjang is the most typical example of food culture in the Republic of Korea. In Korean, Kimjang means making large quantities of Kimchi. In 2013, UNESCO recognized Kimjang as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity, which promotes solidarity among Korean people. In today’s Culture Rendezvous, we will introduce to you Kimjang, the special Korean culture of making and sharing Kimchi.
(VOVworld) - Chuseok, or the annual thanksgiving holiday, is the second biggest event after Lunar New Year Festival in Korea. Korean people visit relatives and ancestral graves during the celebration, which will fall on September 15th this year. Today, we meet with Suzie Lee, a supervisor from Edelman Korea, Global communication marketing firm, to learn more about this tradition of her country.
(VOVworld) - What do you often expect to see at a Japanese festival? Cherry blossoms, girls in kimonos, cos-players, or sushi trays? Have you ever paid attention to lively stages on which hundreds of dancers wear eye-catching uniforms and always smile? This week’s Culture Rendezvous will introduce to you a unique Japanese summer dance called Yosakoi. Let’s see how popular it is among the Vietnamese youth.
(VOVworld) La Tomatina festival, a tomato throwing festival, is held on the last Wednesday of August each year in the town of Bunol in Valencia Province, Spain.
(VOVworld) - India was set to lead the world in celebrating the first International Day of Yoga on June 21, 2015. How can this exercise attract great attention from a huge number of participants all over the world? Today VOV talks to Master Raja Rajendra Gupta from Mumbai, India, teacher of Yoga in Shivom Yoga Club in Hanoi, who has more than ten years as a master of Yoga about this art.
(VOVworld) - France produces 7 to 8 billion bottles of wine per year, which amounts to 20% of the world’s production. Wine is part of French culture, where buying a bottle is a ceremony and tasting is an art. Let’s find out more in VOV’s Culture Rendezvous about what makes its wine drinking culture the pride of the French.
(VOVworld) - According to Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management of the Netherlands, there are more bicycles than residents in this country. Here 27% of all trips and 25% of trips to work are made by bike. With more than 18 million bicycles and 1,2 million new ones sold every year, the Netherlands is considered a cyclist’s heaven. Today we meet with Julia Van Herwaarden, a Dutch volunteer teacher at Hanoi University, to learn more about her country’s cycling culture.
(VOVworld) - Summer festivals are an indispensable part of many countries’ cultural and social life. The largest outdoor festival in Slovenia, the Lent Festival in Maribor, is a feast of folk and modern arts, cuisine, and sports. Today VOV talks to Eva Zvikart, a Slovenian expat in Hanoi who comes from Maribor, about the festival.
(VOVworld) - Bread baguettes are very common in France as well as in Vietnam. The secret behind a scrumptious baguette with a perfect crispy crust and soft interior is a natural yeast leaven, the traditional French technique for making baguettes which has been handed down from generation to generation in France. Today we’ll introduce to you this special type of French bread and techniques for making it.
(VOVworld) – To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Italian Republic, the Italian Embassy in Hanoi hosted an “Angels of Italy” night at the Italian Cultural Center, Casa Italia. On the evening of June 2nd, Casa Italia and Le Phung Hieu Street, where the center is located, became an Italian square where an audience enjoyed Italian and Vietnamese music accompanying a fashion show reflecting a harmonious combination of the two cultures.
