My life in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: Lidt af den vietnamesiske kultur

Saigon Opera House, lokaliseret i hjertet af Ho Chi Minh City og rundt om hjørnet fra vores velkendte shoppingcentre - Vincom & Parkson, byder i øjeblikket på en forestilling der afspejler ånden af det vietnamesiske folk og deres arv. Det er som om du bliver fanget i en vietnamesisk drøm om livet, overlevelse, kærlighed og alt indimellem.

Operahuset er en af Ho Chi Minh Citys mest prominente kendetegn, og var specialbygget i 1897 af den prisbelønnede franske arkitekt Eugene Ferret. I hele den franske kolonitid var denne smukke bygning vært for forestillinger med mange internationale kunstnere. Lukket under anden verdenskrig, blev den repareret og genåbnet, da franskmændene vendte tilbage i 1946.

I 1955 blev det omdannet til Sydvietnams Assembly House, efter franskmændenes endelige tilbagetrækning fra syd, og har siden gennemgået flere ombygninger. Bygningen er et eksempel på fransk kolonial arkitektur. operahuset er kun åben for offentligheden under arrangementer. Det er arrangementer såsom sang, musik, dansk og traditionelle og moderne teater af både lokale og udenlandske kunstnere.

Aó hedder den 60 minutters forestilling som 4 af os piger var taget ind og se. Det var et rigtig spændende show, der afspejler den vietnamesiske kultur gennem tuden. Der Blev brugt kurve, bambus, rytmiske bevægelser, herunder akrobatik, lyde og musik til at visualisere fortællingens budskab.

Det var en rigtig god forestilling der også bød på en smule humor, og endda en humor som man kunne forstå. ;-)

Det er altid rart og få indblik i den vietnamesiske kultur fra andre vinkler end vi får til hverdag. Og showet gav os helt klart en lidt mere moderne fortolkning af den vietnamesiske traditionelle kultur.

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A bit of the Vietnamese culture

The Saigon Opera House, located in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City, and just around the corner from our well-known shopping malls - Vincom & Parkson, currently offers a show which reflects the spirit of the Vietnamese people and their heritage. It is almost as if you get captured in a Vietnamese dram of life, survival, love and everything in between.

The Opera House is one of Ho Chi Minh City's most prominent landmarks and was custom built in 1897 by the award winning French architect Eugene Ferret. Throughout the French colonial period, the beautiful venue was host for performances by many international performing artists. Closed during the World War ll, it was repaired and reopened when the French returned in 1946.

In 1955 it was transformed into South Vietnams's Assembly House, after the French final withdrawal from the south, and has undergone several refurbishments since. The building is a fine example of French colonial architecture. It is only open to the public during events. Events such as singing, music, dance and traditional and modern theater by both local and foreign artists.

Aó is the name of the 60 minuts show which 4 of us went to see. It was a really exciting show, which reflects the Vietnamese culture through time. Baskets, bamboo, rhythmic movements such as acrobatics, sounds and music were used to visualize the story's message. It was a really good show which also featured a bit of humor, a humor which was understandable.

It was nice to gain an insight in the Vietnamese culture from other angles then we get every day, and the show definitely gave us a more modern interpretation of the Vietnamese traditional culture.