A Tibetan culture week, sponsored by China International Cultural Exchange Association, will be staged in Australia's Melbourne and New Zealand's Auckland from November 20 to December 8.
All-round Exhibition
This is China's first all-round exposition to the world on Tibet, including natural environment, geography, history, culture, religion, art and life and so on.
The exhibition includes three parts, photo and Tangkas, telefilm and Tibetan performances. More than 600 photos out from 20,000 will give a full show of beautiful scenery, long history, tremendous social changes and rapid developing economy in Tibet.
While the 60 Tangkas, all rare artistic works, are to reflect the religion, medicine and history of Tibetan people.
The culture week will stage two prize-winner films about Tibetan people's life. The five newsreels were produced on the spot in Tibet for its 50th anniversary of peaceful liberation this year, which show the great changes and prospects in the modernized Tibet.
The Chinese delegation with 45 people will invite 20 performers from Lhasa Ethnic Art Troupe of China's Tibet to stage six performances and on-the-street shows, including Tibetan Opera, Religious Dance, and Traditional Tibetan Costumes and Ornaments Show.
Understanding
The troupe, founded in 1960, were invited to perform in the United States, Canada, Switzerland, and Italy, and scored national and international awards for many times.
Mayor of Australia's Melbourne John So sent a message to the organizer, saying that the culture week will help deepen the Australian's understanding for the unique culture of China's Tibet, and strengthen the Australia-China cultural communications.
Li Gang, vice president of the CACEFC, expressed that the culture week is a large-sized and comprehensive culture activity that China host for the first time abroad, to introduce a real Tibet to Australian and New Zealand people.
(People's Daily November 19, 2001)
