Tibetan Culture to Dazzle Canadian, Belgian Audiences

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Tibetan Culture to Dazzle Canadian, Belgian Audiences

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The high culture of mountainous Tibet is to leave audiences in one of the flattest countries of the world catching their breath. The "2002 China Tibetan Culture Week" will be held in Belgium from September 7 to 27.

And citizens of Canada will also savour the colour and richness of Tibetan heritage during the same period, the Information Office of the State Council announced Monday.

This is the first time for China to feature Tibet in large-scale cultural exchange activities in Europe and North America.

Premier Zhu Rongji has extended his congratulations in a letter, calling the culture week a significant event for fostering cultural exchange between China, Belgium and Canada.

This would surely promote friendship between the Chinese and the Belgian and Canadian people, he said.

Vice-President of Belgium's Chamber of Representatives Robert Denis, Vice-President of the European Parliament Joan Colom I Naval, Canadian Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson and Prime Minister Jean Chretien and other celebrities have also sent congratulatory messages.

The rich traditional culture of the Chinese Tibetan people is a bright pearl of the treasure-house of Chinese culture and world culture with unique charm and splendid style, the congratulatory letter says.

It says the China Tibetan Culture Week is designed to vividly tell stories about Tibet to the Belgian and Canadian peoples and display the culture of a Chinese ethnic group which is full of vitality and making progress.

The holding of the China Tibetan Culture Week is a great event in the cultural exchanges between China and Belgium and between China and Canada.

It will help the Belgian and Canadian peoples to better understand the Tibet Autonomous Region and further promote the friendship between the Chinese people and the peoples of Belgium and Canada, the letter states.

Zhu wished the "2002 China Tibetan Culture Week" great success.

The culture week will present the real Tibet to Belgian and Canadian audiences through various cultural activities, said an official with the Information Office of the State Council.

Events to be staged throughout the week include a photo show, an exhibition of Thangkas --- the ancient silk paintings of Tibet -- Tibetan song and dance performances and a movie show.

A group of China's leading Tibetologists and living Buddhas from Tibet will also visit Belgium and Canada during the culture week to exchange views with experts and scholars there.

These activities are expected to introduce Tibet's traditional culture, religion and history, as well as the region's social and economic progress and the latest developments of Tibetology.

The culture week is jointly sponsored by the Chinese Association for Cultural Exchanges with Foreign Countries, the Association for Cultural Exchanges with Foreign Countries of the Tibet Autonomous Region, the Belgium-China Association, the Belgium-China Cultural Exchange Centre and the Society of Chinese Canadians.

The 2001 Tibetan Culture Week was staged in Australia and New Zealand.

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