L-R) German Ambassador Jens Peter Lutkenherm on drums, GIZ Country Director Wolfgang Hannig on guitar, Canadian Chargé d’Affaires Timothy Edwards on keyboards, Philippine Ambassador Belinda M. Ante on vocals, Cuban Ambassador Pablo Antonio Rodriguez Vidal on claves, and Institut Pasteur du Laos Representative of Laboratory Mr. Antony Black on saxophone performed the popular Lao song “Duang Champa” during the Ethnic Fashion Show of the Lao Handicrafts Festival held on 16 October 2020 at the Lao-ITECC Exhibition Center in Vientiane, Laos.
Philippine Ambassador to Laos Belinda M. Ante performed during the Ethnic Fashion Show of the Lao Handicraft Festival held on 16 October 2020 at the Lao-ITECC in Vientiane, Laos. This was through the collaborating between the Lao Handicrafts Association and the ASEAN Women’s Circle in Vientiane.
Ambassador Ante sang “Duang Champa”, which is a song about Laos’ national flower dok champa (plumeria), and is considered to be one of Laos most famous songs. She was accompanied by Ambassadorial band Note Verbale, comprised of Cuban Ambassador Mr. Pablo Antonio Rodriguez Vidal on the claves, German Ambassador Jens Peter Lutkenherm on the drums, Canadian Chargé d’Affaires Timothy Edwards on keyboards, Institut Pasteur du Laos Representative of Laboratory Antony Black on saxophone, and GIZ Country Director Wolfgang Hannig on guitar. The performance was well received, especially by the Lao audience who were singing along.
The Lao Handicrafts Festival was established in 2002 and is currently on its 19th run. The 2020 Lao Handicrafts Festival carried the theme, “Craftmanship has become a touristic place that follows the path of our ancestors”, and featured more than 200 handicraft shops selling Lao textiles (silk and cotton), rattan and bamboo products, and pottery, as well as demonstrations of handicraft production, trainings and the ethnic fashion show. The Festival aimed to promote Lao products, preserve Lao craftmanship and ethnic handicrafts, and protect Lao national copyrights. End
Ambassador Ante (third from left) with Note Verbale, the Ambassadorial band comprised of (left to right) Canadian CDA Mr. Edwards, Institut Pasteur du Laos Representative of Laboratory Mr. Black, German Ambassador Lutkenherm, Cuban Ambassasdor Vidal, and GIZ Country Director Mr. Hannig.
Ambassador Ante (second from right) pose with members of the ASEAN Diplomatic Corps and Madame Alounny Kommasith (fourth from right), spouse of Lao Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith and Honorary President of the ASEAN Women’s Circle in Vientiane.
