“The Story of a Fishing Village” Breathes Cultural Soul into the 2025 Da Nang Sea Festival

(PLVN) - Fully recreating the cultural life of coastal fishermen through installation art and folk music, the space "Fishing Village Story" at the Danang Enjoy Festival 2025 is becoming a unique artistic highlight on Man Thai beach. With four evocative and emotional themes, the program not only honors local cultural identity but also spreads the message of sustainable community connection.

Within the framework of the Danang Enjoy Festival 2025, the installation art space "The Story of the Fishing Village" was arranged at Man Thai beach (Son Tra district, Danang city) from June 19 to 23, bringing a visual and emotional experience imbued with the ocean.

The space is not only a place to display art, but also a vivid cultural symbol, reflecting the depth of cultural history of the coastal fishing village of Da Nang.

More than 1,600 meca or wooden fish with shimmering ocean blue colors create a vibrant flow in the "Fish Waves" themed space.

Inspired by the livelihood, folk beliefs and the close bond between fishermen and the sea, “The Story of a Fishing Village” is divided into four main thematic clusters: Fish Waves, Going Offshore, Salty Flavors and Mural Garden.

Among them, “Fish Waves” is a prominent work with more than 1,600 meca or wooden fish in ocean blue, designed to change colors shimmeringly like a dreamy flow. The work is 4.5m high, 5.7m long and 5.5m wide, symbolizing the flow of dreams, vitality and revival from the ocean. The attached blue LED system creates a magical space like the rhythm of the ocean at night, where each wave is a challenge, each basket overcoming the waves is a song of victory.

“Going offshore” depicts the journey of fishermen across the ocean to find fish, a symbol of courage and strong will.

In addition, “Going offshore” depicts the arduous journey of fishermen to find fish, expressing their courage and aspiration to rise up. The sails filled with wind, the boats setting sail at dawn or returning at dusk are all vividly simulated through lighting effects and artistic composition, evoking the indomitable spirit of coastal residents.

“We hope that through these installations, we will not only create highlights for the festival but also send a message about community cohesion, love for our homeland and islands, and pride in local culture,” said a representative of the Organizing Committee.

“Salty Flavor” is not simply an art installation but also a place to connect emotions.

Continuing the emotional flow, the theme cluster “Salty Flavor” creates a calming stop with the image of concentric circles symbolizing the cycle of survival between humans and the ocean. With a diameter of up to 15m, this area is arranged from 100 oars, 50 earthenware jars, 30 baskets and 50 bamboo trees with diagonal flags. All create rhythmic rolling waves, recreating the fish drying yard and the bustling life of a fishing village on peaceful afternoons.

In particular, the “Mural Garden” is a place where painting and installation intersect, creating a visual space filled with colors. The paintings are not only for viewing but also “tell stories”, like an extended memory book recreating the daily life of the fishing village from the oars, the fish to the sincere smiles of the fishermen.

"Mural Garden" is an outdoor art space where painting and installation intersect, vividly depicting the daily life of a rustic yet profound coastal village.

In addition to the visual installations, “The Story of the Fishing Village” is made more vivid with performances of “Ba Trao” singing, a unique folk art form associated with the worship of Whale and the traditional fishing ceremony. The nights at the Man Thai sea are made more magical with the sounds of drums, gongs, and sacred songs mixed with the sound of the waves.

In addition, traditional musical instrument concerts held from 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. every night during the festival (June 19-23, 2025) also contribute to creating a multi-layered artistic space imbued with the cultural identity of the Central coastal region.

“The Story of the Fishing Village” is not only a performing art space, but also a place to spread profound traditional and humanistic values.

It can be said that “The Story of the Fishing Village” is not only a performing art space, but also a place to spread traditional and profound human values. Through each visual touch and sound melody, viewers are invited to join the flow of memories, feel the life, faith and endless aspiration to reach the sea of ​​the coastal people, the subjects who silently write the epic in the middle of the vast ocean.

Vu Van Anh

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