China donates acrobatics props to Tanzanian arts institute

China donated a number of acrobatics props to a Tanzanian arts institute on Tuesday in order to boost cultural exchanges and cooperation between the two countries.

Speaking at the hand-over ceremony held at the Tanzania's seventh world heritage site in the east of the country, Director of Culture Development of Ministry of information, Culture and Sports of Tanzania Herman Mwansoko expressed gratitude to China's assistance to his country in the sectors of cultural and education, as the bilateral people-to-people exchanges have been strengthened in the past years.

He added that the donation by China Federation of Literary and Art Circles of acrobatics props, with total value of 11,764 U.S. dollars, would further enrich the Tanzanians' knowledge about China and its arts and culture including acrobatics.

For his part, Liu Xinsheng, the Chinese ambassador to Tanzania, hailed the cultural exchanges and cooperation between China and Tanzania, which started from the establishment of the diplomatic relations between the two countries in 1964, noting that it has become more frequent and fruitful after the First Ministerial Conference of Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Beijing in 2000.

The Chinese ambassador also commended the Institute of Arst and Culture of Bagamoyo (known as TASUBA in Swahili) for its contribution to the friendship and cultural exchanges between the two countries in recent years with wonderful performances, which made Chinese people more interested in Tanzania and more familiar with its culture.

Source: Xinhua