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MOTORI - Formula 1 - Formula 1 Lenovo Grande Premio de Sao Paulo 2024 - Sprint Race

George Russell (GBR) - Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team - Mercedes W15 - Mercedes E Performa Oliver Bearman (GBR Haas F1 Tea Sergio Perez (MEX) - Oracle Red Bull Racing - Red Bull RB20 - Honda RBPT during Sprint Race of the Formula 1 Lenovo Grande Premio de Sao Paulo 2024, scheduled to take place at Interlagos Circuit, San Paolo, Brasil, BRA Nov 1st-3rd, 2024

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(ZhejiangPictorial) CHINA-ZHEJIANG-JINHUA-WU OPERA-PROMOTION (CN)

(240626) -- JINHUA, June 26, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo taken on June 25, 2024 shows villagers watching a Wu Opera performance staged in Zhengdian Village of Lipu Town, Jinhua City, east China's Zhejiang Province. Wu Opera, also known as Jinhua Opera, has a history of more than 500 years. It first grew in popularity in Jinhua and its surrounding areas, and was named after Wuzhou, the name of Jinhua in ancient China. Local authorities of Jindong District in Jinhua City has been vigorously exploring effective ways to promote the inheritance and development of the traditional opera. Since March this year, Lipu Town in Jindong District of Jinhua City has been regularly staging Wu Opera performances at local auditoriums at weekends, providing villagers and Wu Opera lovers with immersive experiences to appreciate the opera. So far, more than 40 performances have been staged. Zhengdian Village is a vivid example of promoting rural cultural tourism. Activities such as opera performa

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SICHUAN-LUZHOU-YUTAN DRAGON DANCE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240208) -- LUZHOU, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Luo Deshu (1st L) performs Yutan Dragon Dance with his team members in Fangdong Town, Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 1, 2024. Yutan Dragon Dance, a traditional Chinese dragon dance in Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, is performed by local people to pray for good weather and harvest since the ancient time. In 2006, it was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage. Luo Deshu, 75, is an inheritor of the Yutan Dragon Dance. Luo started to learn the folk art since four years old. He not only inherits the performing skills from his father Luo Yinkun but also integrates acrobatics and other performing styles into the dragon dance. "The essence of the dragon dance is vividness, which demands the performer to coordinate his eyes, hands, feet with his mind, " said Luo. Nowadays, Luo teaches dragon dance at primary schools every week. He also plans to set up a Yutan Dragon Dance team for regular performa

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SICHUAN-LUZHOU-YUTAN DRAGON DANCE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240208) -- LUZHOU, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Luo Deshu (3rd R) performs Yutan Dragon Dance with his team members in Fangdong Town, Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 1, 2024. Yutan Dragon Dance, a traditional Chinese dragon dance in Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, is performed by local people to pray for good weather and harvest since the ancient time. In 2006, it was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage. Luo Deshu, 75, is an inheritor of the Yutan Dragon Dance. Luo started to learn the folk art since four years old. He not only inherits the performing skills from his father Luo Yinkun but also integrates acrobatics and other performing styles into the dragon dance. "The essence of the dragon dance is vividness, which demands the performer to coordinate his eyes, hands, feet with his mind, " said Luo. Nowadays, Luo teaches dragon dance at primary schools every week. He also plans to set up a Yutan Dragon Dance team for regular performa

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SICHUAN-LUZHOU-YUTAN DRAGON DANCE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240208) -- LUZHOU, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Luo Deshu (front) performs Yutan Dragon Dance with his team members in Fangdong Town, Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 1, 2024. Yutan Dragon Dance, a traditional Chinese dragon dance in Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, is performed by local people to pray for good weather and harvest since the ancient time. In 2006, it was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage. Luo Deshu, 75, is an inheritor of the Yutan Dragon Dance. Luo started to learn the folk art since four years old. He not only inherits the performing skills from his father Luo Yinkun but also integrates acrobatics and other performing styles into the dragon dance. "The essence of the dragon dance is vividness, which demands the performer to coordinate his eyes, hands, feet with his mind, " said Luo. Nowadays, Luo teaches dragon dance at primary schools every week. He also plans to set up a Yutan Dragon Dance team for regular performa

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SICHUAN-LUZHOU-YUTAN DRAGON DANCE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240208) -- LUZHOU, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Luo Deshu (1st L) performs Yutan Dragon Dance with his team members in Fangdong Town, Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 1, 2024. Yutan Dragon Dance, a traditional Chinese dragon dance in Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, is performed by local people to pray for good weather and harvest since the ancient time. In 2006, it was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage. Luo Deshu, 75, is an inheritor of the Yutan Dragon Dance. Luo started to learn the folk art since four years old. He not only inherits the performing skills from his father Luo Yinkun but also integrates acrobatics and other performing styles into the dragon dance. "The essence of the dragon dance is vividness, which demands the performer to coordinate his eyes, hands, feet with his mind, " said Luo. Nowadays, Luo teaches dragon dance at primary schools every week. He also plans to set up a Yutan Dragon Dance team for regular performa

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SICHUAN-LUZHOU-YUTAN DRAGON DANCE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240208) -- LUZHOU, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Luo Deshu (front) performs Yutan Dragon Dance with his team members in Fangdong Town, Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 1, 2024. Yutan Dragon Dance, a traditional Chinese dragon dance in Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, is performed by local people to pray for good weather and harvest since the ancient time. In 2006, it was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage. Luo Deshu, 75, is an inheritor of the Yutan Dragon Dance. Luo started to learn the folk art since four years old. He not only inherits the performing skills from his father Luo Yinkun but also integrates acrobatics and other performing styles into the dragon dance. "The essence of the dragon dance is vividness, which demands the performer to coordinate his eyes, hands, feet with his mind, " said Luo. Nowadays, Luo teaches dragon dance at primary schools every week. He also plans to set up a Yutan Dragon Dance team for regular performa

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(InTibet) CHINA-XIZANG-QAMDO-LION DANCE (CN)

(240121) -- QAMDO, Jan. 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Tengpa Anye (L) plays the drum as his students perform lion dance at a primary school in Xobando Town of Lhorong County in Qamdo City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 19, 2024. Lhorong County, with an average elevation of about 3,700 meters, was once an important stop along the ancient Tea Horse Road and a significant channel for Tibetan-Han exchanges. Locals in Xobando Town injected elements of Tibetan folk dances into the Han lion dance introduced to the town in early years, and created a new performing art -- Xobando lion dance. Tengpa Anye, 69, who began to learn lion dance from his father at 13, is an inheritor of Xobando lion dance art. In the past, Tengpa had to make lion dance props by himself because the ready-made ones were unaffordable. Nowadays, thanks to improved living conditions and governmental supports, Tengpa and his students have not only access to professionally prepared props but also opportunities to appear at major performa

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CHINA-TIANJIN-BRAZILIAN GIRL-CHINESE FOLK ART (CN)

(221123) -- TIANJIN, Nov. 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Amiris Rodrigues Barros plays table tennis in an activity room in the campus of Nankai University in north China's Tianjin, Nov. 20, 2022. Amiris Rodrigues Barros, a Brazilian girl working for a master's degree at Nankai University in north China's Tianjin, has been in fascinating love with Chinese traditional culture. She first became attached to China when she was still in high school in her homeland, where she attended Chinese classes and grew particular interest for the Chinese food and places of interest. Later on, she scored colorfully in the "Chinese Bridge" competition, which strengthened her mind to pursue higher education in China. In 2019, Amiris, already an international student at Nankai, became fascinated with the "Jingdong Dagu" (literally translated as East Beijing Drum). Listed among national intangible cultural heritages, the "Jingdong Dagu" is a folk art of drum music and recitative, sung in the east Beijing dialect. As a protege and performa

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Interactive workshops held for children in Egypt

STORY: Interactive workshops held for children in Egypt DATELINE: Nov. 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:49 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the interactive workshops 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): AHMED YASSIN, Organizer of the interactive meetings 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): ESRAA AL-GHAZALI, Artist participating in the interactive performances 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): OMAR EL-GAMMAL, Coordinator of interactive meetings at Afka Center for the Arts STORYLINE: A group of young people in Egypt organizes interactive workshops for children from early age up to 15, aiming to educate and entertain them through arts and culture. Starting with architecture, construction and other activities, the children learn from interactive workshops. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): AHMED YASSIN, Organizer of the interactive meetings "There are workshops organized on the sidelines of the presentations, attended by children of different ages." SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): ESRAA AL-GHAZALI, Artist participating in the interactive performa