(Cinet)- An exhibition entitled “The gorgeous yellow run over pale leaves” featuring a collection of “Ao dai” by Thai Kim Lan, a local researcher on German culture opened at the Goethe Institute on January 15.
The outfits were worn by the royal members in Hue, Vietnam’s imperial capital under Nguyen dynasty (1802-1945).
They are part of presents granted by the imperial court for Lan’s family about 100 years ago.
On the display, the garments were embedded in an elaborate multimedia space installation by German artist Veronika Witte.
Thai Kim Lan left her birthplace Hue city for Munich in 1965 to study German. However, she turned out to be a philosopher, a poet, and a writer of cook books and is a Vietnamese culture ambassador in Germany.
Organized by the Goethe Institute in Hanoi and a multimedia installation as the first cultural activity in a series to mark the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Germany and Vietnam in 2015.
The event will last until January 30.
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