NATIONAL CULTURE AND ARTS TO THE US NEXT MONTH

KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 (Bernama) -- The Ministry of Information
Communication and Culture will stage the 'Faces of 1Malaysia Festival' in the United States in April in an effort to promote national culture and arts in the international arena.

Its minister, Dr Rais Yatim said the festival would be held in
two stages, the first at the National Geographic Museum, which would be open to
the general public and named as 'Symbolization of Friendship Between Two
Nations' which would be opened by the wife of the Prime Minister, Rosmah Mansor
on April 11.

The second stage, 'Faces of 1Malaysia Gala Night", would be held at the
Mandarin Oriental Hotel specifically for the country's leaders which would be
opened by Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak on April 13, he told
reporters here Tuesday.

Earlier, Rais had accompanied Rosmah to attend a preview of the cultural
show that would be staged in the United States next month, at the Malaysian
Tourism Centre (Matic) at Jalan Ampang, here Tuesday.

"The Malaysian image will be featured through the cultural aspects in the
form of dances, songs and music which will be shown to the world leaders and
community in Washington later," he said.

-- BERNAMA