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CAO DAI RELIGION ATTENDS WORLD RELIGIONS FESTIVAL AT KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY, USA
Updated 2024-10-05 15:49:24
(Manhattan News, Kansas, USA, August 27, 2024 – Report and photos by Caodai TV)
On August 27, 2024, a Delegation of Cao Dai Dignitaries, Sub-dignitaries and followers from the United States, Taiwan and Vietnam came to Manhattan, Kansas, USA, to attend the World Religions Festival, organized by Kansas State University, at the invitation of Professor Michael Wesch, Department of Anthropology.
This first World Religions Festival is one of the events to celebrate the Opening Ceremony of the Course on New Religions of East Asia for students of the Department of Anthropology, Kansas State University, teaching 3 main Asian religions including Vietnam Cao Dai, Taiwan Weixin Shengjiao and Korea Daesoon Jinrihoe.
The Cao Dai delegation consists of 14 members:
1. Rev. Thuong Canh Thanh, Former Head of the Overseas Representative Board of the Cao Dai Sacerdotal Council, as Head of the delegation
2. Rev. Ngoc Tua Thanh (Le Van Tua, Washington DC)
3. Deaconness Huong Thoan (Vo Kim Thoan, Vietnam)
4. Deaconness. Huong Tru (Le Thi Tru, Washington DC)
5. Deaconness Huong Trang (Vo Thi Thu Trang, Washington DC)
6. Deaconness Huong Dung (Dang Thi Thu Dung, Washington DC)
7. Sub-Dignitary Vo Manh Cuong (Washington DC)
8. Deaconness Huong Phuong (Phan Ho Ngoc Phuong, Southern California)
9. Sub-Dignitary Nguyen Tan Tao (Southern California)
10. Adept Le Thi Ai Huong (Dallas, Texas)
11. Sub-Dignitary Phan Van Loc (Camden, New Jersey)
12. Adept Nguyen Thi Nuong (Camden, New Jersey)
13. Professor Joseph Hobbs (Former Head of the Department of Geography, University of Missouri, USA)
14. PhD Candidate Nguyen Tuan Em (Taiwan)
This World Religions Festival at Kansas State University invited representatives of 10 religious organizations to attend, including: Cao Dai Vietnam, Daesoon Jinrihoe Korea, Weixin Shengjiao Taiwan (video broadcast from Taipei), Sheng Wu Temple (Taiwan), and Thai Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish, Catholic, Muslim, and Bahai'i organizations in the state of Kansas, USA.
From 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on August 27, 2024, in the lobby of the Kansas State University Student Union building, representatives of religious organizations set up exhibition areas, introducing their religions to interested professors and students. The Cao Dai exhibition area received enthusiastic support and assistance from a number of Kansas University students, who visited the Tay Ninh Holy See on the occasion of the Great Festival Commemorating God in 2023.
The World Religions Festival program took place from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. in the Kansas State Student Union Hall, attracting nearly 600 attendees. The program began with a slideshow of some images that Professor Michael Wesch and his students recorded during their visit to the Tay Ninh Holy See in 2023.
After Professor Michael Wesch's opening speech, a total of 32 performances were presented, alternating between artistic performances and brief presentation of religious leaders about their respective religions. Since most of the audience did not have much information about the new religions of East Asia, the presentations mainly focused on highlighting experiences, short stories and basic characteristics of their respective religions.
The presentation on Cao Dai by Rev. Thuong Canh Thanh, Former Head of the Overseas Representative Board of the Cao Dai Sacerdotal Council and PhD Candidate Nguyen Tuan Em, introduced some basic features of the new religion opened by God through spiritism and is a part of the history, culture and tradition of Vietnam.
The program ended with a reception party to welcome the delegations and the audience, most of whom were Professors and students of KSU, with exchange activities with other religions, with professors and students of Kansas State University, and ended at 11:00 pm on the same day.
Previously, at 6:00 pm on August 26, 2024, Professor Dr. Richard H. Linton, President of Kansas State University, was present at the welcoming party for the delegations attending the World Religions Festival and took souvenir photos.
It is noted that the 2nd World Religions Festival would be organized by Daesoon Jinrihoe in Seoul, Korea, in August 2025.
Please click this link to see photos of the Festival (scroll after the Vietnamese news):
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