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The Leisure and Cultural Services Department held a fun-filled carnival "EAG Cultural Extravaganza" at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre today (December 12) to complement the 5th East Asian Games (EAG).
The Chairman of the 5th East Asian Games Planning Committee Mr Timothy Fok Tsun-ting and Director of Leisure and Cultural Services Mrs Betty Fung officiated at the opening ceremony.
Mrs Fung hoped the carnival would offer an experience of culture exchange among East Asian areas and that people had an enjoyable afternoon with the enriching programmes.
Overseas performing groups within the region staged cultural programmes in the cultural extravaganza to tie in with the EAG, including the Shaanxi Folk Arts Troupe from the Mainland, U Theatre from Taiwan, Za Ondekoza from Japan, Inetnon Gef Pa'go from Guam. Local performing groups included Four Gig Heads Percussion Group, Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra together with winners of "Hong Kong Synergy 24 Drum Competition", Hong Kong Young Talent Cantonese Opera Troupe, Jumbo Kids Theatre, Make Friends With Puppet, Ming Ri Institute for Arts Education, cheerleading groups Splendid_T and Spry Cheer.
Variety of performances included rhythmic drum shows, folk dance, puppetry performances, Cantonese opera performance, and many more. Apart from these, there were a series of demonstrations of the traditional crafts of Shaanxi province and victual culture of East Asian regions as well as games stalls.
Ends/Saturday, December 12, 2009
Issued at HKT 16:55
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