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Published: 19:04, August 20, 2024 | Updated: 21:09, August 20, 2024
Celebrating cultural diversity
By Wang Zhan
Children in ethnic costumes perform a dance during a program parade of the Asia+ Festival 2024 at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre on Aug 20, 2024. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)

Hong Kong will host the second Asia+ Festival this year, with distinguished artists from nearly 30 countries from Asia and the Middle East and regions taking part in the Belt and Road Initiative.

The festival will showcase more than 100 performances and activities and is expected to draw over 100,000 participants.

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Presented by the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau and organized by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, the festival will be held from September to November with the participation of various consulates-general and overseas cultural organizations in Hong Kong.

Children in ethnic costumes participate in the program parade of the Asia+ Festival 2024 at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre on Aug 20, 2024. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)
Artists perform a lion dance during the program parade of the Asia+ Festival 2024 at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre on Aug 20, 2024. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)

Artists perform an excerpt from the multimedia percussion show "After the Rain"  during the program parade of the Asia+ Festival 2024 at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre on Aug 20, 2024. (PHOTO / HKSAR GOVERNMENT)
Japanese media arts pioneer Daito Manabe, choreographer MIKIKO and her dance company ELEVENPLAY will present during the Second Asia+ Festival an arts tech showpiece “+1+1+1+”, using holographic projection to create a hyperreal digital odyssey. (PHOTO / TAKESHI YAO)
Cross-disciplinary artist Keith Khan teams up with Chinese choreographer Xie Xin, Indian choreographers Terence Lewis and Mahrukh Dumasia to kick off the Festival with an uplifting and high-tech visual spectacle "The Accountants". (PHOTO / TRISTRAM KENTON)

 

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