A N N O U N C E M E N T
4TH NANYANG CULTURE FESTIVAL IN XIAMEN
To the Filipinos in Fujian and Jiangxi Province:
The Philippine Consulate General in Xiamen is pleased to invite you to partake in the activities being organized as part of the 4th Nanyang Culture Festival to be held at various places in Xiamen from 28 March 2014 to 04 April 2014.
“Nanyang” is a Chinese term broadly referring to the region presently known as Southeast Asia. It was also used as the name for the first Southeast Asia Culture Festival held in Xiamen in May 2008, which was organized by the three resident Consulates General in Xiamen, that of the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. The biennial Festival has now grown in scale and now involves the participation of all 10 ASEAN countries with the full support of the Xiamen Municipal Foreign Affairs Office.
The 4th Nanyang Culture Festival will formally open on 28 March 2014, Friday, 7:30 p.m. at the Jinrong Theater-Little Egret Arts Center.
There will be a Nanyang Trade Fair from 29 March to 31 March 2014 along the Zhongshan Pedestrian Shopping Street. Filipino companies will join other Southeast Asian businesses to promote their unique products.
Also at Zhongshan Street, there will be Cultural Performances by artists from various Southeast Asian countries. The Philippines’ very own Sining Kumintang ng Batangas, the Official Cultural Performing Group of the Province of Batangas, will showcase Philippines’ world-class talents through performances along Zhongshan Street at 10:00 a.m. on 29 March 2014 and at 3:00 p.m. on 30 March 2014.
Part of the Nanyang Festival is a weeklong Filipino Food Festival to be held at the Green Yard Buffet Restaurant, 2nd Floor Xinyue Bldg., Yeohwa Hotel from 29 March 2014 to 04 April 2014. To capture the authentic flavors of Filipino cuisine, the Consulate General invited Chef Anthony Artemio L. Abad, Executive Chef of Vikings: Luxury Buffet Restaurant, to support this endeavor by providing his expertise.
Interested parties may also catch performances by the Sining Kumintang ng Batangas during lunch and dinner for the duration of the Filipino Food Festival at Yeohwa Hotel.
Philippine Airlines has partnered with the Consulate General by sponsoring two (2) round trip air tickets to the Philippines (Xiamen-Manila-Xiamen) to be raffled off to two lucky patrons of the Filipino Food Festival.
An Academic Symposium will be held in the afternoon of 29 April 2014 at the Science and Arts Center of Xiamen University. Prominent Filipino diplomat and academician, former Ambassador Wilfrido V. Villacorta will join other representatives from Southeast Asia and China to discuss the future of ASEAN-China cooperation.
21 March 2014
