Travel Tip: Pop Culture and Cinema in England
The Many Faces of Buddhism

The Many Faces of Buddhism – a city-wide celebration of Buddhist ideas and values through the arts. It is sponsored by The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation whose new Gallery of Asian Buddhist Sculptures at the V&A opens on 29 April. A series of arts events including an International forum on Buddhism and the Arts Today and A Day of Rare Buddhist Dances will be held at the V&A in celebration of the Gallery inauguration while International Buddhist Film Festival (IBFF 2009) will take place at East London’s cultural hub The Barbican.

These programmes include:

25 April: An International Forum on Buddhism and The Arts Today

29 April: Buddhist Sacred Dance Traditions - A Talk by
Joseph Houseal

29 April: The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Gallery opens

1 May: A Day of Rare Buddhist Dances

7 - 17 May: International Buddhist Film Festival