HUTECH organized Mottainai festival 2020 with a meaningful message for the environment

In the morning of June 5, Faculty of Japanese Studies, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HUTECH), organized Mottainai Festival 2020 - a Japanese-style Festival of reusable goods. The festival is a cultural exchange playground and, at the same time, a way to actively propagating the spirit of environmental and wildlife protection of Japanese Studies students in particular and HUTECH students in general.
 
Mottainai Festival 2020 was organized by the Faculty of Japanese Studies for the first time, inspired by the activities of buying, selling and exchanging used goods with the desire to avoid waste and protect the environment of Japanese people. At the same time, through the activities of donation and auction of used items, the Festival aimed to raise funds to support students with difficult situations. Based on that, HUTECH Japanese Studies students brought booths full of delicate and cute re-used items to protect the environment together.
 

Festival slogan is composed of 3 letters R: Reduce - Reuse - Recycle

The event was attended by Ms. Chuman Ai - Second Secretary of the Embassy of Japan; Ms. Huynh Vu Hien - Assistant to the Cultural Board of the Embassy of Japan; Mr. Takashi Hahihara - Chief Representative of JASSO Vietnam Office; Mr. Shiraishi Hideyuki - Head of Culture Section of Japanese Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City. On HUTECH side, there were Ms. Ho To Lien - Dean of Faculty of Japanese Studies, Ms. Luu The Bao Anh - Vice-Dean of Faculty of Japanese Studies, Dr. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Quyen - Head of Faculty of Architecture and Arts, Ms. Dang Thi Mai Phuong - Vice-Dean of Faculty of Communication - Design.
 

Ms. Ho To Lien (right) shared: "Mottainai Festival brings the slogans ‘Together to protect the environment‘ and ‘Reduce - Reuse - Recycle’ of the students to protect our green planet together.”

The diverse, colorful stalls have recreated the summer Japanese cultural space right at HUTECH with recycled picture booths from paper calendar, recycling bags, simple traditional dishes, ceramics, etc. Bui Pham Thanh Phuong - "sales lady" of the recycled painting booth (class 17DTNB2) excitedly shared: "Our stall has pictures of famous dishes and landmarks of The Land of Cherry Blossoms made from discarded calendars. I was inspired by the desire to make use of the old calendars and my interest in the country of Japan; then together with my friends, we carefully completed each picture to sell and share them with other HUTECH students”.
 

Japanese Studies students have "transformed" old newspapers into vivid pictures

Another member from the Japanese Studies "big family" - Duong Thi Truc Linh (class 19DTNB1), said: "This is the first time I participated in the festival with my class, I was surprised because I did not expect the atmosphere to be so bustling, and as ‘Japanese’ as that! Thanks to the Festival, I feel like I have learned more about Japanese culture and have gained a greater sense of initiative in recycling and using recyclables properly.”
 

The Japanese traditional costume performance

In the framework of the festival, the Faculty of Japanese Studies also brought the contest "Designing Yukata outfits from recycled materials". Students presented traditional Yukata costumes made from nylon, paper ... and used unique hand-drawn motifs to bring out the costumes that were both environmentally friendly and beautiful in their own Japanese way. At the end of the contest, class 19DTNA1 excellently won the first prize, followed by the second prize of class 17DTNB3, third prize of class 17DDNA4 and 02 consolation prizes belonging to 18DDPNA1 and 19DTNA4 classes.
 
Let's look at the impressive images of the unique Mottainai Festival 2020 from our HUTECH Japanese Studies friends!

Article: Thanh Phuong
Photos: Tuan Minh
Translator: Ngoc Bach