ADELINE Hee Chung Tieng will be going to Japan for a month to film a documentary on the Japanese traditional tea ceremony. She’s under an invitation programme for creators, funded by the Japan-Asean Integration Fund as part of the Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange of Students and Youths (JENESYS) programme. She will be leaving at the end of June.

Adeline, 25, will join other young and emerging artists, designers and people in the creative field from 13 Asia-Pacific countries to produce works and/or developing networks with their peers in Japan in order to seek new forms of exchange and foster mutual understanding.

Adeline, a graduate from Curtin University in Mass Communications majoring in Corporate Documentary and Film, is currently working for Megabond Production House as a video editor cum camerawoman for two and a half years.

This will be her first time to Japan.

She will stay in Japan for a month. During that time she will work on a 30-minute documentary about Japan’s traditional tea ceremony. She said Japan has a lot of interesting cultures and one that catches her interest is the traditional tea ceremony.

During an interview yesterday at the Japan Embassy, Adeline said the reason she chose to do a documentary on the Japanese traditional tea ceremony is due to its extraordinary way of making tea as it involves many different types of utensils.

She found it fun and interesting and would like to know how they do it step by step from the beginning until the end.

“I hope to learn more about the field that I am in, especially where there will be other professionals there,” she said.

She plans to take the opportunity to exchange ideas with her other peers when she’s in Japan, thus focusing on improving her skills and to do some networking.

“I would also like to get to know more about Japan, so when I come back I will be able to share my knowledge on the culture of Japan to the people of Brunei,” said Adeline.

According to Akira Sato, Counsellor at the Japan Embassy, Japan will continue to invite Bruneian artists, designers or those in the creative field to go to Japan. “We have been seeking to create wider connections with Bruneian creators,” he said.

He told the media that she will mainly be staying in Tokyo collaborating with Japanese artists on her cultural project.

Adeline also met with the Ambassador of Japan to Brunei Darussalam Hashimoto Itsuo. The ambassador wished her a successful trip and also gave her some advice on living in Japan. He told her that she would enjoy the warm hospitality of the Japanese people as well as the beautiful scenery.

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relations between Japan and Brunei Darussalam.

According to Akira Sato, there are several cultural events lined up until the end of the year.
On July 2, there will be a reception to celebrate the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic ties between Japan and Brunei Darussalam.

In August, there will be a Japanese Speech Contest, where the winner will be invited to Japan and there will also be a Japanese Navy Brass Band Performance.

In September however, there will be a Japanese Traditional Comedy Talk show and in October an Okinawa Traditional Dance Performance.

Lined Up for November will be a Japanese Film Festival and in December the arrival of the Japan-Asean Youth Ship as well as the Japanese Traditional Music Performance.

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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