November 27, 2009

NEWS / EVENTS: Mekong Arts Festival: Catalyst for social changes

by Xinhua Writer Ma Guihua

PHNOM PENH, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- As some 200 artists and media practitioners converge here for the weeklong Mekong Festival beginning on Monday, their attention has gone far beyond "arts for arts' sake". What they are advocating is how to promote arts as catalyst for social transformation.

Through workshops, performances, forum, conference, film shows and visual arts, artists from the Mekong sub-region which is composed of Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, showcased their understanding of life in the era of globalization and economic integration.

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