(Cinet) – The ‘Dem Phuong Dong‘ (Oriental Night) fashion show at the 2014 Hue Festival, a colourful night, spotlighted the charming and unique beauty of Asian costumes from 11 countries on April 13.
The 2014 Hue Festival, the 8th so far, attracts some 595 artists from 43 international art troupes from the five continents, along with 811 local artists. “Dem Phuong Dong” (Oriental night) has been one of the past Hue Festivals‘ most-enjoyed shows.
This year’s show, to take place on Apr 13, 15, 16 and 18, will feature performances of traditional costumes from Japan, Korea, China, India, Mongolia, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar and Vietnam.
It is the first time Malaysia and Myanmar have joined the Hue Festival.
Malaysia will showcase their 15 “baju kurum” (Malaysian women’s traditional attire), while Myanmar models will also don their traditional “thummy” at the “Oriental night” show.
Other fashion highlights include Mongolia’s “deel”, China’s rare collection of time-honored costumes and Korea’s colorful “hanbok” on their iconic “oganza” cloth.
Thailand has surprised the festival organizers by giving re-creations of weaving and sewing 15 new traditional costumes on a special kind of silk, which is exclusive to Thai queens.
Three renowned Vietnamese designers, Minh Hanh, Cong Khanh and Hai Long – The Huy will also showcase their stunning, elaborated “ao dai” (traditional Vietnamese long gown).
The fashion performance from the countries is showed as follows:
Traditional fashion styles from Japan and SouthKorea
Myanmar and Mongolia
Thailand and Laos
Vietnam
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