Exciting preparations for "Buddhist Cultural Week 2012" in Nghe An

• August 11, 2012 15:39

(Baonghean.vn) - The first "Buddhist Cultural Week" held in Nghe An will take place from August 12 to 18, 2012 at the following locations: Provincial Labor Cultural House, Central Park, Nghe An Guest House, Dai Tue Pagoda and Can Linh Pagoda.

This is the largest-scale cultural week ever organized. Up to this point, the Organizing Committee is urgently completing the final stages of preparations. The Buddhist cultural week takes place with many rich activities such as offering flowers to report achievements to Uncle Ho at Ho Chi Minh Square; photo exhibition with the theme: "Vietnamese Pagoda", "Convergence of 3 regions" at the Labor Cultural House; "Rose on the lapel" festival at Dai Tue Pagoda; Lantern Festival to pray for national peace and prosperity at Central Park; giving away bicycles, building charity houses for those in difficult circumstances... In particular, the opening ceremony of "Buddhist Cultural Week" with the theme "Nghe An Buddhism accompanies the nation" will take place at the Provincial Labor Cultural House at 4:30 pm on Sunday, August 12, 2012.

Here are some images captured by Nghe An Newspaper reporters during the preparations for the "Buddhist Cultural Week":

The main streets were decorated with flags and flowers.

Can Linh Pagoda - one of the venues for Buddhist Cultural Week activities

These workers are completing the final stages of preparation for the photo exhibition "Vietnamese Pagoda".