24 Sep, 2009 in
Hong Kong by Fili An
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art center; concert; culture; hk; Hong Kong; street music; wanchai;
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Relating to a different culture – Cross Cultural Relationships #5 Friends & Family – Cross Cultural Relationships #4 Habits & Customs – Cross Cultural Relationships #3 Behavior & Body Language – Cross Cultural Relationships #2 Misunderstandings – Cross Cultural Relationships #1 Church of Saint Savior in Chora – IstanbulHK Arts Center in Wan Chai has a neat series of street concerts just outside the culture center building that’s been running for a while now. The Hong Kong Arts Centre (香港藝術中心), mind you, runs an English Facebook group with the latest information about the events that they’re holding, and so I learned of the 5th session in the series “《開放音樂》V – 街頭音樂系列 Street Music Concert V”. I really like it that HK has those types of street cultural events, though the weather was extremely hot, which would explain why the turnout seemed a bit disappointing.
Here’s some of the video I took at the event :
Here’s another one from a previous session in the series in more of a Jazz style:
The event poster follows:
To wrap it up the right way, here are some night shots on HK of a main street in Wan Chai while coming back from the event.
Urban beauty.
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