This afternoon, April 22, the Provincial People's Committee worked with the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the consulting unit on the scenario for organizing the opening night of the 2024 Peace Festival. Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Hoang Nam chaired the meeting.
Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Hoang Nam spoke at the meeting - Photo: TH
The opening night of the 2024 Peace Festival taking place on July 6, 2024 is the highlight of the idea of the framework program of the Peace Festival of national and international stature, organized for the first time by Quang Tri province at the special national relic site of Hien Luong - Ben Hai.
The program will be broadcast live on national television by VTV. The message of the festival is to join hands to build peace, with the highlight being the Hien Luong Bridge connecting the world and emphasizing that cultural heritage is the place where the essence of peace is condensed.
The music program features many familiar Vietnamese songs and international musical languages. The festival performance space starts from the central stage on the southern bank of Ben Hai River connecting with Hien Luong Bridge towards the border flagpole. The theme of the opening of the festival connects the rhythm of time, emphasizing that peace does not come naturally, but must be built together.
The total live broadcast time is about 80 - 85 minutes on national television. Accordingly, after the opening speeches of provincial and central leaders, there will be an opening ceremony with the ringing of the peace bell and an art program, low-altitude fireworks display.
The art program has 3 chapters, including: Chapter 1 "Joyful Song", suggesting the idea of peace, the value of love; Chapter 2 "Connecting Sound", highlighting Vietnam as a peace-loving nation, a bridge to build peace and Quang Tri with Hien Luong Bridge carrying the pain of division to become a symbol of the aspiration for unity, peace, and national harmony; Chapter 3 "Prayer", conveying the message of joining hands to build peace, bringing the aspiration for a harmonious world, joining hands.
Sign language and music will join hands to share the aspiration for global solidarity, harmony regardless of skin color or ethnicity, to connect and build world peace together. Quang Tri's own story focuses on chapter 2 "Connecting sounds" with the highlight of Hien Luong bridge and Ben Hai river, one side of nostalgia and one side of love, interwoven in the sadness of separation through the song "Cau ho ben Hien Luong"; the medley "Tu nguyen" and "To quoc oi ta da nghe", "Bai ca thong nhat" resounds connecting the banks of joy...
Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Hoang Nam highly appreciated the opening night scenario, and noted that the program needed to ensure universal peace for humanity and the unique characteristics of Quang Tri province as the most suitable place to organize the peace festival. Choosing the special national monument of Hien Luong - Ben Hai as the venue for the first festival was very impressive, combining real scenes and technology to create highlights.
2024 is also the 70th anniversary of the signing of the Geneva Agreement on restoring peace in Indochina, and the Hien Luong Bridge - Ben Hai River in Quang Tri became the place that divided the two regions of North and South Vietnam, so choosing the theme of the festival connecting the bridges would be more suitable than the theme connecting the rhythm of time. The sound of the peace bell spreading and connecting the spaces of churches and temples praying for peace is a unique idea of the Festival for Peace.
From there, the program needs to use the image of the vast Quang Tri cemetery to touch the loss and pain of war on all sides and the image of the US ambassador burning incense at the two national martyrs' cemeteries of Truong Son and Road 9 to tell the story of putting the past behind, looking towards the future, joining hands to create existing peace for humanity to create a highlight for the Festival for Peace in Quang Tri province.
Urgently complete the brand identity of the Festival for Peace to communicate the festival to friends at home and abroad. Regarding the art program, it is necessary to add the song "Quang Tri Aspiration" by musician Vo The Hung, expressing the aspiration of Quang Tri province to break through after the day of peace.
The story of peace belongs to humanity, the aspiration for peace in the land of pain and loss in Quang Tri is included in the program, but the most beautiful images of Quang Tri must be collected and included in the program to bring about the double effect of promoting the development of Quang Tri tourism through the festival.
Thanh Hai
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