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Chinese art troupe shines in Namibia

Xinhua, October 7, 2015 Adjust font size:

A Chinese student art troupe from the Chinese Confucius Institute Headquarters staged a colorful art performance on Tuesday evening in Namibia's capital, Windhoek.

The performances staged at the SKW sports field, were presented by a troupe comprised of students from China's Nanjing Tech University.

The art tour was part of the celebrations of the Sino-Namibia relationship celebrations as well as the second annual Global Confucius Institutes Day. Confucius Institute is an education and cultural exchange organization in all parts of the world to promote Chinese language teaching and culture.

The well-attended event was organized by the Confucius Institute at the University of Namibia (UNAM) and was witnessed by high ranking government officials including the Chinese Ambassador to Namibia Xin Shunkang and Professor Lazarus Hangula, Vice Chancellor of UNAM as well as members of the diplomatic corps.

The troupe had the opportunity to showcase their different dances that included the lively and electric, Dragon dance, Tai-chi (a kind of Chinese martial art) and various other musical performances, with fruitful sounds from the Gu-Zheng.

During the event students from different institutions in Namibia had the opportunity to perform alongside the troupe demonstrating what they had learned during the troupe's visit.

Xin said that the troupe's visit marked yet another event in the cultural exchange and that the foundation and future of the friendship between Namibia and China has been strengthened.

Meanwhile, as part of the evening festivities, awards were handed over to students who had excelled in grasping Chinese culture. Earlier in the year Namibia had launched the Huawei Camp Awards, a Chinese knowledge based competition across all the campuses in Namibia and those who were outstanding received prizes that were sponsored by Huawei.

Currently the UNAM which was established two years ago has four teaching sites and more are set to be opened next year. There are about 37 Confucius institutes in Africa and more than 490 institutes worldwide. Enditem