"Intangible cultural heritage" at Bamboo Theatre

Published February 13, 2013
A man walks by the Bamboo Theatre. ? AFP Photo
A man walks by the Bamboo Theatre. ? AFP Photo
An actor performs at the Bamboo Theatre. ? AFP Photo
An actor performs at the Bamboo Theatre. ? AFP Photo
Actors perform at the Bamboo Theatre. ? AFP Photo
Actors perform at the Bamboo Theatre. ? AFP Photo
Spectators wait for the start of the show at  the Bamboo Theatre. ? AFP Photo
Spectators wait for the start of the show at the Bamboo Theatre. ? AFP Photo
Spectators wait for the start of the show at  the Bamboo Theatre. ? AFP Photo
Spectators wait for the start of the show at the Bamboo Theatre. ? AFP Photo
An actress adjusts her hat in the backstage of the Bamboo Theatre. ? AFP Photo
An actress adjusts her hat in the backstage of the Bamboo Theatre. ? AFP Photo
An actor applies makeup in the backstage of the Bamboo Theatre. ? AFP Photo
An actor applies makeup in the backstage of the Bamboo Theatre. ? AFP Photo
An actress stands in the backstage of the Bamboo Theatre. ? AFP Photo
An actress stands in the backstage of the Bamboo Theatre. ? AFP Photo
An actor looks on in the backstage of the Bamboo Theatre. ? AFP Photo
An actor looks on in the backstage of the Bamboo Theatre. ? AFP Photo
An actress performs at the Bamboo Theatre. ? AFP Photo
An actress performs at the Bamboo Theatre. ? AFP Photo

A pictorial view of actors at the Bamboo Theatre, a 800-seat temporary theater made of bamboo to house a special series of Cantonese opera shows, in Hong Kong on February 12, 2013.

Cantonese opera - where actors wear elaborate costumes and make-up, and must be adept at elaborately choreographed martial arts as well as singing - was recognised as "intangible cultural heritage" by UN cultural agency UNESCO in 2009.  — Photos and Text by AFP

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