The China Tibet Culture Festival will open in Austria on Oct. 18
and run till Oct. 29, marking the 35th founding anniversary of
China-Austria diplomatic ties and the ongoing "Year of China"
initiated by the Austrian government.
The festival is the sixth large exhibition abroad of Tibetan
culture since 2001, said a spokesman for the Chinese Association
for Cultural Exchanges with Foreign Countries.
The festival will include an exhibition of more than 200 photos
selected from 150,000 pictures by 100 photographers from 19
countries. They were invited to take photos in Tibet last year.
Helmut Strohmer, a well-known Austrian photographer, is also
expected to display 50 works, showing impressions of modern life in
Tibet.
Fifteen Tangkar -- traditional song and dance -- performances
will illustrate the religion, medicine and history of Tibet, the
spokesman said.
A song and dance ensemble will perform folk songs and dances.
The organizers has invited four Tibetologists and living Buddhas to
give lectures at universities and meet with Austrian
Tibetologists.
(Xinhua News Agency October 16, 2006)
