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'Funny shirts’ photo-op at APEC summit keeps the fashion gurus guessing
Speculation is mounting around one of the biggest questions at the annual summit of Pacific Rim country leaders: What will they wear at this year's photo-op in Australia? Each year, the leaders and heads of state from the 21 members of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum conclude their annual summit by slipping out of their suits and into the national costume of the host nation. Leaders have posed in ponchos in Chile, batik shirts in Indonesia and, last year in Vietnam, traditional “ao dai" silk tunics. The resulting group photograph is by far the most colorful item on APEC's trade-dominated agenda. A White House schedule for President George W. Bush's visit to Sydney called it the “funny shirts" photo. But Australia has no clear-cut candidate for such traditional attire.
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Lam Dong authorities have recently constructed two traditional Ma and K'Ho stilt houses inside the Lam Dong Museum located on the Winter Villa hill on Hung Vuong road, Da La city for preservation and exhibition purposes. For a week, old people who still remember the design and architecture of the original Ma stilt house were invited to Da La city to take part in construction works. Restoration of the two stilt houses cost local authorities VND120million (US$7,500). According to the museum, in the near future, another ethnic stilt house, that of the Chu Ru ethnicity, will also be constructed on the Winter Villa hill. (Source: Tuoi Tre) Hue graduates 20 more imperial court music artists The central province of Thua Thien-Hue has ended a two-year imperial court music training programme for 20 musicians from the three provinces of Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Tri and Quang Binh. The programme was sponsored by UNESCO and delivered by leading experts and professors in the field like Tran Van Khe and To Ngoc Thanh. The 20 graduates were conferred vocational training diplomas in imperial court music. (Source: Tuoi Tre) Exhibition extolling women's beauty opens A nude photo exhibition about women titled Conical Hats and Silk by photographer Tran Huy Hoan has recently opened at Mosaique Livingroom, 23 Ngo Van So, Hanoi.
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