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Chinese Embassy hosts “Experiencing the Beauty of Chinese Art and Culture” event

Chinese Embassy hosts “Experiencing the Beauty of Chinese Art and Culture” event

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DILI, 17 january 2025 (TATOLI) – Today, the Chinese Embassy in Timor-Leste, in collaboration with the Foreign Affairs Office of People’s Government of Yunnan Province, hosted “Experiencing the Beauty of Chinese Art and Culture – Feast of Chinese Spring Festival Celebration” Event in Dili to celebrate the Chinese Spring Festival.

More than 350 guests gathered together to celebrate the arrival of the Year of the Snake including President José Ramos-Horta, President of National Parliament Maria Fernanda Lay, Prosecutor-General Alfonso Lopez, Vice Prime Minister Mariano Assanami Sabino, Minister of Jusce Sérgio de Jesus Fernandes da Costa Hornai, Minister of Trade and Industry Filipus Nino Pereira, Minister of Defense Donaciano do Rosário Gomes, Minister of Youth, Sports, Art, and Culture  Nelyo Isaac Sarmento, other officials from government, representatives of different sectors, friends from diplomatic corps, oversears Chinese, Chinese Timorese, Chinese enterprises, Chinese medical team, and Timorese students who have studied in China.

Ambassador Wang Wenli extended warm New Year wishes to all guests and expressed gratitude to Yunnan artists for their performance.

She highlighted that the Spring Festival, with over 4,000 years of history, embodies values of peace, concord and harmony, carries on the common values of humanity such as family happiness, social inclusiveness, and harmonious coexistence with nature, and was inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage.

She emphasized that China and Timor-Leste share a long history of friendship and cultural exchange. The Spring Festival has become an integral part of Timor-Leste’s multicultural landscape.

In recent years, China-Timor-Leste bilateral relations have witnessed comprehensive and rapid progress.

Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão and President José Ramos-Horta have successfully visited China in a timely order.

The bilateral relationship was elevated to a comprehensive strategic partnership and will match toward the goal of jointly building a China-Timor-Leste community with a shared future. Two countries have achieved remarkable progress in practical cooperation, with increased people-to-people exchanges. The Spring Festival marks a new beginning, symbolizing hope and the promise of a brighter future. Wish China and Timor-Leste peace and success.

President Horta delivered a warm speech, wishing all overseas Chinese in Timor-Leste and friends around the world a happy Lunar New Year.

At the same time, he highly praised the Timor-Leste-China relationship and the friendly and practical cooperation between the two countries, thanked China for its support and help to Timor-Leste, recalled the fruitful results of the historic visit to China at the end of July, and wished that the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Timor-Leste would continue to reach a new height in the new year.

Artists from Yunnan Province presented wonderful and unique artistic performances. National songs and dances, acrobatics “Face Changing”, “Skybound Apsaras”, magic and other shows were well received by all guests from all walks of life.

The intangible cultural heritage booths were set up at the event site to exhibit tie-dyeing, paper-cutting, embroidery, and ethnic costumes in Yunnan.

Ambassador Wang Wenli and friends from all walks of life of Timor-Leste enjoyed the splendid Chinese culture, tasted the lingering Chinese tea, welcomed the New Year and renewed the friendship. The event, filled with joy and laughter, reflected the strong friendship and cultural exchange between the two nations.

 

Journalist: Camilio de Sousa
Editor: Filomeno Martins

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