Vietnamese and foreign artists alike have been hailed for their great contributions to the success of this year’s Hue Festival.

65 art groups featuring 500 foreign artists from 27 countries, 2,000 Vietnamese professional artists, composers, actors and photographers, and 3,000 amateurs took part in the festival.

The pictures below depict the dedication that has made the Hue Festival such a success:

Two female artists from the French art group, Carabosse, working under the burning sun to prepare for their fire performance

Nadine, a member in Carabosse, rehearses

Carabosse member hangs on crane to arrange candle holders on trees 

An artist sinks into the water to push a boat while other two artists light fire pots 

Carabosse members check fire pots

Two Argentine tango dancers

An amateur actor in a recreation of a Nguyen Dynasty royal wedding procession 

A Panamanian dancer with her back dripping with sweat 

A dancer from the Russian art group Raduga smiles after a five act performance 

Artist Nguyen Duy Hien sold his motorbike to have enough money to invest in his picture road project with 2,012 pictures

Artists opened the Lai ve lai (Come back again) exhibition themselves. The money raised by will be given to disadvantaged students 

 Photographer Tran Bich wades in water to take pictures of lotus. Bich has donated some of the tens of millions of VND raised by selling photos to disadvantaged children and elders in Hue

Anh Tuyet, Lee Kirby, Nguyen Anh 9 performed Trinh Cong Son’s music

Walther Giger and Camille Huyen coming from Switzerland charmed audiences with their songs about the moon and Hue’s famous poet Han Mac Tu 

A troupe from Bong Sen Hippodrome give a professional performance 

Miss. Vietnam Ngoc Han joined in many performances and delighted the festival with her beauty

Indian dancer gives a charming performance 

Cubans dancing the chachacha

Dancing to a Mexican guitar group 

Australian natives in national costume and traditional dance

Mongolian art group in their dangerous circus performance 

Two Russian dancers 

Mexican guitarist Paco Renteria charmed audiences with his passionate music

Russian teenage dancers happy to perform at the Hue Festival

Indian dancers at the end of their performance

Mexican guitarist Paco Renteria inspired the audiences with his talent 

Source: Dtinews