Macao promotes Chinese language, Portuguese cultural exchanges with festivals-Xinhua

The twenty fifth Lusofonia Pageant kicks off  in Macao on Oct. 28, 2022, and vacationers are seen on the opening ceremony of the three-day occasion that showcases native meals, artwork efficiency, in addition to singing and dancing. (Xinhua/Zhang Jinjia) 

The annual Lusofonia Pageant drew native residents and vacationers alike to the Taipa Homes Museum, a posh consisting of 5 Portuguese-style homes on Taipa Island in China’s Macao Particular Administrative Area.

MACAO, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) — As a bridge linking China and Portuguese-speaking nations (PSCs), the Macao Particular Administrative Area (SAR) has remained dedicated to selling cultural exchanges between the 2 sides.

Over the weekend, the annual Lusofonia Pageant drew native residents and vacationers alike to the Taipa Homes Museum, a posh consisting of 5 Portuguese-style homes on Taipa Island, the place they may take pleasure in meals and conventional performances from PSCs.

Happening concurrently with the “carnival” of Portuguese attraction was a cultural pageant that includes a sequence of actions such because the Chinese language and Portuguese image guide honest, screenings of movies in Chinese language and Portuguese languages, and wine tasting.

David Leung, a four-year-old boy from Macao, listened attentively whereas pupils from the Macao Portuguese College sang refrain on an outside stage, giving his applause along with an enthusiastic crowd.

“The songs are lovely,” he advised Xinhua. “I wish to learn to sing them.”

The twenty fifth Lusofonia Pageant kicks off in Macao on Oct. 28, 2022, and vacationers are seen on the opening ceremony of the three-day occasion that showcases native meals, artwork efficiency, in addition to singing and dancing. (Xinhua/Zhang Jinjia) 

Leong Wai Man, head of the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao SAR authorities, mentioned the pageant is aimed toward additional enjoying Macao’s function of a bridge linking China and PSCs and constructing town into a spot the place the Chinese language tradition dominates and a number of cultures co-exist.

Throughout the previous week, the Workplace of the Commissioner of the Chinese language Overseas Ministry within the Macao SAR joined palms with the Macao SAR authorities to prepare an alternate plan for younger folks from China and PSCs who’re learning in Macao.

Scores of school college students from China and eight PSCs, together with Portugal, Brazil and Angola, took half within the plan and attended a contest of brief movies telling their tales with town from the views of cultural exchanges and integration, “one nation, two techniques” practices, in addition to Macao’s function as a platform linking China and PSCs.

A scholar with the surname of Cheng was one of many prize winners. Born and raised in Macao, Cheng mentioned she had been learning the Portuguese language and eager about how she might leverage her strengths to assist promote friendship between Chinese language and Portuguese-speaking college students.

The twenty fifth Lusofonia Pageant kicks off in Macao on Oct. 28, 2022, and artists are performing on the three-day occasion that showcases native meals, artwork efficiency, in addition to singing and dancing. (Xinhua/Zhang Jinjia)

“Macao is a metropolis the place the Chinese language and Portuguese cultures meet,” Cheng mentioned. “The constructing of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Larger Bay Space and the Guangdong-Macao in-depth cooperation zone in Hengqin, Zhuhai, will even convey alternatives to Macao.”

Liu Xianfa, commissioner of China’s Ministry of Overseas Affairs within the Macao SAR, mentioned Macao performs an irreplaceable function in selling cultural exchanges and cooperation between China and PSCs, calling on younger folks from these nations to be taught from one another and make joint contributions to the frequent improvement and prosperity of China and PSCs.

Ip Kuai Peng, vice rector of the Metropolis College of Macao, instructed that the Macao SAR authorities totally assist deepening cooperation with PSCs on greater schooling and personnel coaching and constantly assist Macao’s universities in finishing up educational exchanges with their counterparts in PSCs.

“Macao also needs to leverage its distinctive benefits and assist inform the tales of China to the surface world,” Ip added.■