The Leisure & Cultural Services Department will hold the International Ethnic Cultural Performances on November 13 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's establishment.

The International Ethnic Cultural Performances is an upgraded version of the annual Asian Ethnic Cultural Performances.

Featuring the theme of The Art of Masks, the event will display different traditional cultural masks including masks of the Bengali New Year celebration, Japanese Kagura masks, Cambodian Lakhon Khol masks, the Colombian mask of the Barranquilla Carnival, Thai Khon masks and more.

There will also be traditional ethnic stage performances and fringe activity booths, including handicrafts and costume displays, dance workshops, mask drawing as well as photo taking to introduce the customs and cultures of different places.

Twenty-three countries and territories will participate in the event.

It will be held from 1pm to 5.30pm at the Cultural Centre Piazza.

Admission is free. Crowd control measures will be implemented at the venue and admission will be on a first-come, first-served basis.

The International Ethnic Cultural Performances will also produce three online programmes featuring traditional ethnic performances, mask cultures and highlights of live performances, to be broadcast on November 13, 20 and 27 at the Community Programmes Offices’ website.