Silk Road Chinese music concert held in Nepal's Kathmandu

STORY: Silk Road Chinese music concert held in Nepal's Kathmandu DATELINE: Sept. 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:43 LOCATION: Kathmandu CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of musicians performing at the concert and the audience STORYLINE: A Silk Road Chinese music concert was held in the Nepali capital Kathmandu Thursday evening, resonating with hundreds of audiences. The concert program covered a number of traditional Chinese musical masterpieces including "Flowers Blooming Under the Full Moon," "The Silk Road," "Tunes of Qin Mulberry," "Ambush from All Sides," the Kunqu opera "The Peony Pavilion," among others. Resham Firiri, a Nepali piece, and Csardas, rearranged from a violin piece composed by Vittorio Monti, were also performed on the occasion by players from the China "Golden Bell Stars" Ensemble. The performances drew a frequent burst of applause from the packed hall, where Nepal's Vice President Ramsahay Prasad Yadav was present. The concert was sponsored by the Chinese Embassy in Nepal a

Charity dance festival held in Japan for children in quake-hit Nepal

Charity dance festival held in Japan for children in quake-hit Nepal

Japanese students and Nepalese children living in Japan dance with other participants to a traditional Nepali song "Resham Firiri" during the "Dance Expo Futatabi (again) Nepal" charity festival at a junior high school in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Oct. 25, 2015, the six-month anniversary of the deadly April quake in Nepal. The event was suggested by a students' dance group based in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, which has been engaged in aid activities for victims of the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan in March 2011, under the motto "Do not forget the earthquake." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo