China Arts featured in London Notting Hill Carnival 2006 – A rare appearance of Chinese Arts in 42 years |
| On the 28 th August 2006, China Arts successfully presented a Chinese fan dance team with female student performers wearing beautiful traditional <em>qipao </em> (embroidered silk gowns) and parading the streets around Notting Hill. Their fresh appearance and elegant manner was unusually well received with much applause along the entire route of the Carnival. Early this year, China Arts was invited to organise a performance team to represent the Chinese community, reflecting the multicultural spirit in Britain at this Europe's biggest and most spectacular street festival. China Arts will build on this initiative to develop a more artistic and substantial carnival troupe next year. This year is the first time that Chinese people have joined in this grand celebration in Britain's multicultural capital since its inception 42 year ago. The event attracted over a million people and worldwide media coverage, and was a great success. We have written a new page in the history of the London Notting Hill Carnival: |
| TV, Radio and Internet reports: CCTV, Xinhua News Agency and the Chinese Student Union: http://news.cctv.com/wangbo/20060829/103237.shtml http://www.xhby.net/xhby/content/2006-08/29/content_1382747.htm http://www.nottinghillcarnival.org.uk/Gallery Index/Carnival Monday 2006 Gallery |
| Newspapers: UK Chinese Times (Front page news) – 31 August 2006 Singtao Daily Newspaper – (A8) 26/27, and (A9) 30 August 2006 New Europe Chinese Newspaper – Chinese Business Gazette |
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