All Around the City Step out and Experience Macau’S Communities
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7月 JUL | NO. 145 2015 ENGLISH VERSION | All Around the City Step Out and Experience Macau’s Communities This month the city rejoices with gusto in the 10th anniversary in full swing, as are Jazz singer Kirsten Long and renowned Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) of the Historic Centre of Macau’s recognition as a World Malaysian guitarist Az Samad. Music lovers will also want to recommends eight walking tour routes themed Step Heritage site. Take a guided tour of the Historic Centre – plus catch the end-of-season performances of the Macau Orchestra Out, Experience Macau’s Communities. Plus the fun tours through the Peninsula lanes and the islands of Taipa and Macau Chinese Orchestra, the latter in the baroque Take Selfies to Win Prizes activity (12/6-30/11) and Coloane. Or enjoy one of the eight walking tour routes splendour of Dom Pedro V Theatre. whereby residents and visitors need only download themed ‘Step Out, Experience Macau’s Communities’, taking the ‘Step Out, Macau’ app, take selfies at two in free performances at sightseeing points along the routes Culture vultures should pick up the Macau Cultural and Creative designated shooting spots along your chosen walking at weekends. Both Coloane Village and Taipa Village squares Map in traditional Chinese and English and download the mobile tour route, present them to staff of any MGTO host great Saturday afternoon entertainment perfect for the app introducing the city’s cultural and creative spaces. The Tourist Information counter in Macau - and redeem a whole family. And why not pick up a Star Merchant Award – map’s themed store, C-shop is now displaying and selling more souvenir! By accessing the app to upload selfies and Restaurants and Eateries Guide while you’re out and about, than 100 local original products. Macau has over 20 museums, share travel experience in Macau, visitors can also remembering, of course, that Macanese Gastronomy was lots of art galleries, creative oases, fashion, film and plenty enter a lucky draw to win prizes (only visitors are eligible to join the lucky draw). So, put your best foot forward with a printed inscribed on the Macau Intangible Cultural Heritage List in 2012! going on for followers of the thespian arts. Find it all on What’s guide available at MGTO Tourist Information counters and the free Step Out, Macau app downloadable from App Store or On Macau Mobile App or just follow your instincts in this tiny but Google Play or visit the MGTO website for information and look for in these stories to find sites included. The 5th Macau Youth Symphony Orchestra Music Festival is very big city! Tourism Hotline: (853) 2833 3000 www.macautourism.gov.mo Organizer: Macau Government Tourist Office All aboard for Marine and 18/7 - 2/8 13/6 - 13/7 Water Bureau Day! Milestones of Macau Reel fun! Check out the Guia The city is bursting with Fishing has long been an important Lighthouse photo activities related to the city’s part of Macau’s economy because exhibition, workshop, cultural milestone as expressed of the proximity of the mighty and remote controlled by the 10th Anniversary of the Pearl River. A unique 90-minute model boats (Saturdays Historic Centre of Macau as cruise, casting off from Doca da and Sundays); Moorish World Heritage – Exhibitions Ilha Verde, passes by the Inner Barracks (18, 19/7); on the achievements in Harbour, Sai Van Bridge, Governor Macau Maritime Museum safeguarding the cultural Nobre de Carvalho Bridge and Kun (18, 19/7); Maritime heritage in Macau (12/7-15/8, Iam Statue before returning. Learn Department Docks boat Ruins of St. Paul’s) embracing about traditional fishing tackle and display and exhibition the Mobile Museum – A-Ma traditions, whilst enjoying a new perspective on Macau. (18, 19/7); The Fleet of Bamboo Theatre; Photography Exhibition of the Historic Centre of Macau; Genesis and the Marine and Water Bureau at Doca da Ilha Verde (18, 19, 25, 26/7) for workshop Spirit - Showcase of Henan Province Intangible Cultural Heritage; 10th Anniversary of Time: Every Saturday and Sunday, 11:30 am, 2:30 pm, 4:30 pm Admission: MOP30 (For coming weekend tickets sold from 11:00 am to 5:30 pm every Wednesday and booth games. Or take a leisurely boat trip from Doca da Ilha Verde to Sai Van the Historic Centre of Macau as World Heritage – Exhibition on the achievements of to Friday; limit of 4 tickets per person per purchase) (10:00 am to 6:00 pm). Get a stamp at each location (18/7-2/8, 10:00 am to 6:00 safeguarding the cultural heritage of Macau; ‘Global Mapping of Macau’; and ‘Knowing Tickets: Macau Fishermen’s Mutual Help Association / Rua do Almirante Sérgio 24 – 24A, EDF. pm) and exchange them for a gift at the Macau Maritime Museum! the Historic Centre of Macau’. KWONG CHUN 1floor Enquiries: (853) 2893 2646 / 6695 5265 Organizer: Macau Fishermen’s Mutual Help Association Snap up Poems by Zheng Guanying (12/7 launch),Historic Centre of Macau (12/7 Admission: Free Enquiries: (853) 2855 9922 www.marine.gov.mo Supported by: Macau Government Tourist Office, Marine and Water Bureau Organizer: Marine and Water Bureau launch), Book Series of Macau Cultural Heritage, special stamp issue 10th Anniversary of the Historic Centre of Macau as World Heritage (15/7 launch, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm, Macau Post Central), shoot for the 10th Anniversary of the Historic Centre of Macau as World Heritage – WeChat Prize for World Heritage Outlook (15/7- Macau Giant Panda Pavilion Weekends in July 31/12) and join the Cultural Heritage In-depth Guided Tour. A pair of giant pandas, selected as On any given weekend, you’re not far from outdoor entertainment in Macau. National Macau Orchestra strikes up with Hurray! Modern Music! (4/7, 8:00 pm, Dom Pedro gifts from the central government, List of Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative Items including Cantonese Opera V Theatre, MOP80-100) and Dawn of a New Century (18/7, 8:00 pm, Dom Pedro are now happily ensconced in their and the Drunken Dragon Dance, and V Theatre, MOP80-100), while Summer Love – Concert by the Macau Chinese new home in Seac Pai Van Park. The other performances such as lion dance, Orchestra (4/7, 3:00 pm, Mandarin’s House, free) and The Beauty of the Jiangnan male, Kaikai, and female, Xinxin, who martial arts demonstrations, Portuguese Region - Concert by the Macau Chinese Orchestra (11/7, 8:00 pm, Dom Pedro V arrived in May, are still adjusting to all folk dancing, street dance, magic, and Theatre, Hall of Mirrors, MOP30) must not be missed. Meanwhile, the baroque splendour the attention so only a limited number balloon-twisting shows fill the city with of the World Heritage-listed Dom Pedro V Theatre, the first Western theatre built on of visitors may see them per visit drama, colour and fun! The town is alive Chinese soil, will reverberate, too, to the soaring crescendo of the Macau Youth Choir in throughout the day. Seven-year old with music, and there’re lots of photo- the 10th Anniversary of the Historic Centre of Macau as World Heritage - Choral Kaikai is described as strong, active taking opportunities. Explore walking routes Concert by the Macau Conservatory (26/7, 3:00 pm, Dom Pedro V Theatre, free). and energetic, while eight-year old in the ‘Step Out, Experience Macau’s Xinxin is gentle and displays a good appetite. The pair were chosen according to age, health Communities’ tour activity to enjoy a For more details please refer to organizer. and fertility from 55 candidate pandas. Enquiries: Cultural Affairs Bureau (853) 2836 6866 www.icm.gov.mo/mhd10 cornucopia of shows and performances. Facebook Homepage: www.facebook.com/icmacao Time: 10:00 am to 1:00 pm and 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm daily except Mondays (closed on the following day instead if a public holiday falls on Monday and No admission after 4:45 pm; six viewings per day) Lion Dance Venue: Seac Pai Van Park, Coloane Admission: MOP10 4, 11, 18, 25/7, Saturdays Enquiries: (853) 2833 7676 www.macaupanda.org.mo Bombeiros Square, Taipa – 2:00 pm Transportation: Route 50 from Praça de Ferreira do Amaral to Downtown Coloane Barra Square (A-Ma Temple) – 3:00 pm 1 - 3/7 Hong Kung Temple Square – 4:00 pm (4, 18/7) Portuguese Folk Dance Feast of Na Tcha 5, 12, 19, 26/7, Sundays 4/7, Saturday Kun Iam Ecumenical Centre – 2:00 pm Tap Seac Square – 3:00 pm ‘Na Tcha Beliefs and Customs’ have existed for over 300 years and are celebrated 5, 12, 19, 26/7, Sundays with the purpose of soliciting protection against disease, whilst maintaining the harmony Flash Mob, Macau-style Street Dance Hong Kung Temple Square – 11:00 am (5, 19/7) of society. Temples dedicated to this deity organise Worship Ceremonies (1-3/7, Na Tcha 4, 11, 18, 25/7, Saturdays Barra Square (A-Ma Temple) – 12:00 noon Temple abutting Ruins of St. Paul’s; 1/7, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm), Parades (2/7, 2:30 pm Bombeiros Square, Taipa –12:00 noon Feira Do Carmo, Taipa – 1:00 pm District flash mob performances will ‘target’ Barra Square, A-Ma Hong Kung Temple Square – 3:00 pm (4, 18/7) from Ruins of St. Paul’s > Senado Square > Rua de Cinco de Outubro > Santo António Temple (Chinese traditional handmade booth display 10:00 am to Barra Square (A-Ma Temple) – 4:30 pm Street Painting Square > Ruins of St.