Hue girls parade with conical hats with LED lights causing controversy

In recent days, after the image of young women in purple ao dai wearing hats with the word "HUE" attached in the event of the ceremony to honor the ancestors of all crafts - a procession honoring the craft taking place on the evening of April 29, within the framework of the Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2019 organized by the People's Committee of Hue City (Thua Thien - Hue) appeared on social networks, it caused a wave of fierce debate from public opinion about whether to "cuckold" Hue hats.

She further explained that the letter "HUE" is large and clear, not a symbolic or abstract shape, so it cannot be considered a horn."Why don't they understand that it is a crown for Hue? If people say that, they insult Hue and make Hue inferior. But if people think that way, we have to listen.".

At the event of the ceremony to honor the ancestors of all crafts - the procession to honor the profession, there were about 40 hats with the word "HUE" attached. At the opening ceremony (evening of April 26) and the closing ceremony (May 1) of the Festival, each program had 100 hats appearing on stage.

This designer affirmed that attaching the word “HUE” to the hat aims to make the image of Hue more sparkling during the night festivals. However, she expressed that“I don’t understand why many people see it as a horn, this is a bit strange. Anything new feels strange, how can the shape be a horn?", she said.

On forums and social networks, most opinions expressed opposition to the above idea of ​​designer Minh Hanh and said that the purple ao dai and conical hat are symbolic images of Hue, just that alone is enough to see Hue. Therefore, there is no need to add the word "HUE" to the conical hat, because this is both redundant and brings an unsightly image and loses the inherent simplicity, dignity and gentleness of Hue women.“Design is a field that requires creativity, but using images that have become cultural icons and giving them away... is beyond us!”a writer

Many opinions oppose the "cuckolding of Hue conical hats".

In the face of increasingly fierce debates from the online community and public opinion, Mr. Nguyen Van Thanh - Chairman of Hue City People's Committee, Head of the Organizing Committee of Hue Traditional Craft Festival shared with Lao Dong that on March 5, the Organizing Committee will meet to re-evaluate the incident. Because he believes that it is impossible to take the opinion of an individual and then consider it the common view of society and public opinion.