Seattle Center Hosts Tet Festival - Vietnamese Lunar New Year
Seattle Center Festál: T?t Festival - Vietnamese Lunar New Year offers entertainment, exploration and insights into the culture of Vietnam, January 29 - 30, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. in Center House.
Craft bookmarks, create an apricot blossom boutonniere and express your inner artist through painting workshops. Revisit thousands of years of the Vietnamese history at this festive New Year celebration as you immerse in the dance, traditional music performance, visual and martial arts of Vietnam.
T?t in Seattle is celebrating its 15th year with the participation of:
Traditional music performer Kim Uyen
Fashion Designer: Lizzy Tran (London)
Well known Vietnamese singers Nhu Quynh, Duy Truong, Tu Quyen, Huynh Gia Tuan
The 21 Seattle Center Festál cultural celebrations highlight The Common forms of tradition and expression among ethnic communities in the Pacific Northwest, while underscoring their unique creative contributions, customs, foods and ideals. Each event offers moving entertainment and fascinating insight into a different culture of the world.
Seattle Center Festál: T?t Festival is produced by Seattle Center in partnership with T?t in Seattle. For a full event schedule, visit www.tetinseattle.org and for more information on this cultural series and other Seattle Center programming, click on www.seattlecenter.com.
About Seattle Center Festál
Seattle Center Festál, a series of 21 world festivals presented at Seattle Center on weekends throughout 2011, highlights the distinct cultures and common threads of ethnic communities in our region through traditional and contemporary art, music, foods, youth activities, workshops and more. This collection of cultural events is produced with the generous support of Wells Fargo, Verizon Wireless and KUOW 94.9 Public Radio. Additional support is provided by Seattle Center Foundation and the City of Seattle. Look for Seattle Center Festál in 2012 as part of The Next Fifty celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1962 Seattle World's Fair.
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