Award ceremony of lantern drawing contest held in Bulgaria

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Award ceremony of lantern drawing contest held in Bulgaria

STORY: Award ceremony of lantern drawing contest held in Bulgaria SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 22, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 23, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:52 LOCATION: Sofia CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony STORYLINE: The award ceremony of a lantern drawing contest, dedicated to the Chinese Lantern Festival, was held in Sofia on Thursday evening. More than 300 students from six national art schools from five Bulgarian cities took part in the contest. After a preliminary internal selection at each school, a total of 186 works were on display at the Chinese Embassy in Bulgaria, which organized the contest. To ensure transparency and fair judging, the embassy invited three experts from the National Academy of Art in Sofia to evaluate the lanterns. Around 120 contestants attended the ceremony. They had the opportunity to see all the lanterns on site and choose their winners. Other activities such as riddle solving, lantern assembling and calligraphy were also part of the ceremony. Xinhua News Agency corre

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