The third Quang Nam - Heritage Itinerary 2007 Festival with the theme "Quang Nam - Indochina Cultural Heritage Meeting" will take place from June 26 to 30, 2007.

The festival will see the participation of many art troupes from Cambodia’s Angkor, Seam Reap, Laos’ Wat Phou, Champasak, Luangphrabang, and many troupes from Vietnam’s Hanoi, the northwestern region, the northeastern region, the coastal central region, the Central Highlands, the southeastern region, the southwestern region, and provinces and cities that host world cultural heritages in Vietnam.

The opening ceremony will be held at Hoi An Ancient Town in the evening on June 27, 2007 to introduce similarities in nature, cultural geography of the three countries of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, combinations and influences of Indochinese culture.

The festival will be kicked off by the Cultural - Art - Culinary Art exchange festival of Viet, Cham, Co Tu people at the My Son Sanctuary in Quang Nam Province. At the same time, the festival for sedge mat and silk weavers will be held at An Phuoc Village in Duy Phuoc Commune and Dong Yen Village in Duy Trinh Commune of Duy Xuyen District.

During the festival, fashion shows of traditional costumes of ethnic groups in Vietnam, an exhibition of photos that won the Ho Chi Minh prize and the State prize in 1945-2005 period, and an exhibition of items and photos with the theme "The trait of community culture of Indochina ethnic groups" will be held.

The festival will include valuable cultural programmes such as shows of folk arts of Kinh, Cham, Co Tu people, the Wat Phou - My Son - Angkor Festival, Hoi An Ancient Town Night - Luangphrabang Ancient Capital Festival, Indochina - Cultural Harmony Night. &

At Cua Dai Beach, there will be many activities such as boat racing, Quang Nam 2007 beach volleyball contest, Hoi An - Dien Ban - My Son cycling tournament and a kite contest.

The festival will closed by a performance named "Cu Lao Cham - a legend space". This festival is the largest tourism event of the year in Quang Nam Province.

(Source: Quang Nam Tourism Promotion Centre)