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4月 APR | NO. 142 2015 中文版 | 2015 第 142 期 ENGLISH VERSION | All Around the City 20th Macau Myanmar 24 - 26/4 Overseas Chinese Water Festival Whether you’re in Macau just for Easter, a week or the whole of April, Cultural Centre. See what internationally acclaimed Portuguese you’ll never get through all the festivals, shows, concerts, exhibitions, installation artist Joana Vasconcelos is up to, and what one of the Thingyan, Myanmar’s New Year Water Festival, celebrates that Rotunda de Carlos da sites and sounds so here’s a selection to whet your appetite! The world’s best contemporary designers – Tom Dixon – has in store! country’s New Year and sees off the old by sprinkling water and Maia) features food 20th Macau Myanmar Overseas Chinese Water Festival is all offering prayers. With many Burmese overseas Chinese living in booths, folk music and about fun and splashing water, plus there’s plenty to take in at the The Macau Band Festival 2015 presents a Marching Band, Macau today, the Festival has become a firm tradition in the territory. dance performances Feast of Pak Tai, while both the Macau Orchestra and Macau a Gala Concert, a Jazz Evening Concert, and a Lovely Jazz The Photo Exhibition (24-25/4 Praça Da Amizade/Friendship (25/4, 7:30 pm to 10:30 Chinese Orchestra strike up for the ever-popular Easter concerts. performance. Meanwhile, Chinese opera fans have a choice of Square) will display the works of previous winners who managed to pm), while the Water performances in Cantonese Opera Performance 2015, and capture ‘that moment’ in the Macau Myanmar Overseas Chinese Festival Carnival Take a leisurely stroll along the eight walking tour routes of ‘Step there’s more entertainment, at street level, at the weekend Taipa Water Festival. Meanwhile, the Festooned Vehicle Parade (25/4, (26/4, 10:00 am to Out, Experience Macau’s Communities’ and see lion dances, Flea Market, 5 Outubro Street Art Fair and the Sun Never Left 10:00 am to 1:00 pm; 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm; 26/4, 10:00 am to 5:30 pm, Hác Sá Park, street dance, the Drunken Dragon Dance, martial arts, experience. Lots of exhibitions on in town and - hey mum! – fancy 1:00 pm) launching ceremony (25/4, 9:30am) starts from the Hotline Coloane) presents another opportunity to see China and Myanmar’s street painting, Portuguese dancing and music concerts enrolling your child in the 5-star Junior Hotelier programme? Centre, No. 335-341, Alameda Dr. Carlos d’Assumpção in Macau. music and dance performances, partake in the fun of the water along the routes on selected weekend dates. Plus plenty to see and splashing free-for-all...plus all that delicious southeast Asian food! do in the Spring Tropical Orchid Exhibition. Catch the Macau And don’t forget; when it comes to getting around, the Audio Guide The Myanmar and Southeast Asia Cuisine and Culture Bring the whole family because there’s a special children’s area, too. International Film and Video Festival 2015, The Gothenburg Service and Experience Macau App - and numerous other mobile Festival (25/4, 12:00 noon to 10:30 pm, Three Lamps District/ Symphony Orchestra and more performances at the Macau apps - were made just for you! Admission: Free to all activities Enquiries: (853) 2855 3995 mmoca.massn.com Organizer: Macau Myanmar Overseas Chinese Association Co-organizer: Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau Supporting Entity: Macau Government Tourist Office Step Out and Experience Spring Tropical 25/4 - 10/5 20 - 24/4 Macau’s Communities Orchid Exhibition Feast of Pak Tai Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Marvel at tropical Asian orchids in a The fisherfolk of Taipa have traditionally been devoted to the Taoist god Pak Tai, dedicating recommends eight walking tour routes under the rainbow of amazing colors exhibited in a temple to the deity over a century ago. His birthday - celebrated on the third day and theme ‘Step Out, Experience Macau’s Communities’ a ‘natural forest’ setting. Some 8,000 month of the Chinese calendar (21/4 this year) - includes a noon blessing ceremony, with free performances at various sightseeing points pots, featuring 30 varieties of orchid, firecrackers, distribution of pork plus lion and dragon dance parade in Taipa Old Village along the tour routes at weekends presented by local will show at the exhibition, with lots of (21/4, 12:00noon), arts and crafts exhibition (20-23/4, 7:30 pm to 11:00 pm), and community organizations. The walking tour routes activities to attend or join in. Cantonese Opera performances (20-23/4, 7:30pm to 11:00pm) staged in a temporary cover different parishes on Macau Peninsula, Taipa shed in the Pak Tai temple precincts. The celebratory dinner (24/4, 7:00pm) for the local and Coloane including Cathedral Parish, St. Lazarus ‘The Spring Tropical Orchid Exhibition’ elderly is a culinary and photographic highlight of the festivities. Parish, St. Lawrence Parish, Our Lady of Fatima includes an Opening Ceremony Parish, St. Anthony Parish, Our Lady of Carmel Parish and Cultural and Entertainment and St. Francis Xavier Parish. (Look for in these Performances (25/4, 4:00 pm), stories to find sites included) Tropical Orchid in Flower Bed Display Area and Glamorous Fish in Shining Currents– Snapdragon Floral Art Show (25/4-10/5, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm),Workshop on Paper- So, put your best foot forward with a printed guide Flower Making of ‘Orchid’ (25/4, 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm), and Marine World– Body available at MGTO Tourist Information counters and Painting Workshop, Mermaid Carnival – Catwalk by Models, Workshop on Clay- the free ‘Step Out, Macau’ app downloadable from Flower Making of ‘Orchid’(25-26/4; 1-3/5, 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm). App Store or Google Play or visit the MGTO website for the information. Venue: Pak Tai Temple, Carmo Square / Rua do Regedor, Taipa Admission: Free Tourism Hotline: (853) 2833 3000 www.macautourism.gov.mo Time: 8:00am to 8:00 pm Venue: Taipa Houses- Museum/Avenida da Praia ,Taipa Enquiries: (853) 2882 7295 www.temple.mo Organizer: Macau Government Tourist Office Admission: Free Enquiries: (853) 8504 1218 Organizer: Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau Organizer: Taipa Residents Association 4 - 7/4 13/2 - 10/5 Weekends in April Macau Band Festival 2015 Fashion Central On any given weekend, you’re not far from It’s Macau’s annual big band bash! Catch a ‘Classic Recurrence ∙Centennial Evolution’ — outdoor entertainment in Macau. National List real live marching band, indoor & outdoor Exhibition of Women’s Fashion (13/2-10/5) displays of Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative concert and master class, as follows: twenty sets of local female costumes from the late Qing Items including Cantonese Opera and Marching Band (4/4, 2:00 pm to Dynasty plus 1930s cheongsams, the bubble skirts of the Drunken Dragon Dance, and other 5:30 pm, Praça da Amizade; 5/4, the 40’s and 50’s, 60s miniskirts and 70s bell-bottoms performances such as lion dance, martial arts 2:30 pm to 6:00 pm, The Ruins of St. Paul’s; as well as the square shoulder-padded jackets and demonstrations, Portuguese folk dancing, admission free) with the marching bands of suits of the 80’s and 90’s. Macau Fashion Gallery – street dance, magic, and balloon-twisting Hong Kong & Macau, a Gala Concert (5/4, Fashion Pop up Shop (13/2-10/5) presents the ‘Spring shows fill the city with drama, colour and fun! 8:00 pm, Macau Cultural Centre, Grand Pop-up Store’ event to promote local original design The town is alive with music, and there’re Auditorium, MOP50) with a percussion group fashions, notably Anonymous, Design by Karus Lei, lots of photo-taking opportunities. Explore walking routes in the ‘Step Out, Experience from Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra or POURQUOI and ZICS, which between them offer a wide Macau’s Communities’ tour activity to enjoy a cornucopia of shows and performances. Guangzhou Percussion Ensemble, the Jazz Evening Concert (6/4, 8:00 pm, Carmo Fair/ Near array of materials, styles and sense of occasion. Rua do Cunha, admission free) featuring musicians from Macau and Zhuhai who will also play at Time: 10:00am-8:00pm (Closed on Mondays) Lion Dance Lovely Jazz (7/4, 8:00 pm, Macau Cultural Centre, Small Auditorium, MOP50). Address: Macau Fashion Gallery / No. 47, Rua de S. Roque, Macau 4, 11, 18, 25/4, Saturdays Admission: Free Enquiries: (853)2835 3341 www.macaofashiongallerry.com Bombeiros Square, Taipa – 2:00 pm (11,18,25/4) Street Painting Enquiries: (853) 6353 9192 Organizer: Macau Philharmonic Association Organizer: Macau Fashion Gallery Barra Square (A-Ma Temple) – 3:00 pm 4, 11,18, 25/4, Saturdays Hong Kung Temple Square – 4:00 pm (4,18,25/4) Albergue SCM – 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm 5, 12, 19, 26/4, Sundays Kun Iam Ecumenical Centre – 2:00 pm Portuguese Folk Dance 4/4, Saturdays 26/3 - 17/5 Street Dance Tap Seac Square – 3:00 pm Macau Cultural Centre Presents… 4, 11, 18, 25/4, Saturdays 5,12,19,26/4, Sundays Hong Kung Temple Square – 3:00 pm (4,18,25/4) Hong Kung Temple Square – 11:00 am (5, Now in its 9th edition, Macau International Film and Video Festival 2015 (26/3- Macau Youth Symphonic Band Concert Series - Bombeiros Square, Taipa –12:00 noon 19,26/4) 17/5) presents a wide panoply of films featuring productions from Europe to Asia to Amazing Winds (4/4, 8:00 pm, Grand Auditorium, (11,18,25/4) Barra Square (A-Ma Temple) – 12:00 noon New Zealand to the Middle East.