Lao students meet Chinese culture in Dragon Boat Festival celebration

STORY: Lao students meet Chinese culture in Dragon Boat Festival celebration DATELINE: June 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:30 LOCATION: Vientiane CATEGORY: CULTURE/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the celebration 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Lao): PHONETHIP CHANTHAVONG, Student from Faculty of Letters, National University of Laos 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Lao): KOUN CHITTASONE, Student 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Lao): SOMSANOUK DALAVONG, Head of Chinese department, Faculty of Letter, National University of Laos STORYLINE: A party for Chinese poem recitation on the occasion of the Dragon Boat Festival was held at the National University of Laos (NUOL) on Friday. The gathering, providing Lao university students with an encounter with China's rich culture, was organized by China Cultural Center in Laos and collaborated with NUOL. Hundreds of people, mostly Lao university students, gathered to learn and enjoy the beauty of Chinese poetry, accompanied by songs, music and dances in Lao style. The Dragon Boat Festival, also called the Duanwu Festival, i