Macao Light Festival 2016 is all set to weave light and
music into stories of Macao this festive season. “Macao Light Festival 2016 -
Treasure of Light” will be staged from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. daily from 4th to 31st
December.
This year, the festival introduces innovative projection
techniques and new interactive elements, in hope that more citizens and
visitors will come to enjoy a more fascinating program which promises a
compelling effect as a mega event.
The organizer, Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO),
held a press conference on the 25th November 2016 to introduce the event
program. Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau, Cultural Affairs Bureau and Sports
Bureau are the event co-organizers. MGTO Director Maria Helena de Senna
Fernandes and Deputy Director Cheng Wai Tong, Vice President of Sports Bureau,
Lau Cho Un, as well as representatives of Cultural Affairs Bureau and Civic and
Municipal Affairs Bureau were present in the press conference along with other
personages. Director Senna Fernandes stated that the Macao Light Festival will
be inaugurated on 4th December, the same day with the Macao International
Marathon and the Parade through Macao, Latin City.
During the Macao Light Festival, the city will also
celebrate the 17thAnniversary of the Establishment of Macao Special
Administrative Region and the Christmas holidays. Through a line-up of mega
events, the Government strives to unleash a greater synergy and transform Macao
into a City of Events, in line with the city’s goal to become a World Centre of
Tourism and Leisure. “As the organizer, MGTO will put unsparing efforts to
present a spectacular Macao Light Festival, hoping to set off a mass fervor for
the dazzling event again, and forge the Festival into a signature annual
event,” she remarked.
At the “Macao Light Festival 2016 - Treasure of Light”,
the route covers a total of eight venues including Nam Van Lake Nautical
Centre, Avenida Panorâmica do Lago Nam Van, Anim’Arte Nam Van, St. Lawrence’s
Church, Mandarin’s House, Lilau Square, Moorish Barracks and Barra Square.
Revolving around a quest for the “Treasure of Light”, the
Festival invites citizens and visitors to embark on an adventure as “explorers”
to look for seven lost Energy Gems of Mazu, which symbolize the meaning of
'Hope', 'Perseverance', 'Health', 'Happiness', 'Harvest', 'Bravery' and
'Faithfulness'. By collecting the seven gems, they can awaken treasure from the
sea and enjoy a virtual reality tour beyond their imagination.
It is fun for participants, young and old, to enjoy the
activities involved. The production team of the Festival this year mainly
comprises local teammates and partners from Hong Kong. The entire production
features innovative projection techniques of video mapping which is not
confined to architecture façade. The video mapping show at Nam Van Lake
Nautical Centre will be projected upon a cascade of water.
A new mobile application named “Treasure of Light” is launched
this year, featuring maps of the covered routes, program, theme game, the
latest information and selfie-taking feature. The content of the App is
available in Chinese and English. The App can be downloaded by the public for
free on App Store or Google Play.
Video Mapping illustrates stories about Macao which
features four video mapping shows namely “Sailing”, “Inheritance”, “Source of
Water” and “Carrying-on”, will be staged at Nam Van Lake Nautical Centre,
Mandarin's House, Lilau Square and Barra Square respectively. The shows will
take the audience back into the old days of Macao. The shows are scheduled as
follows: 7 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 8 p.m., 8:30 p.m., 9 p.m., 9:30 p.m. and 9:55 p.m.
Every show spans 5 minutes. To facilitate the event “Walk for a Million”, the
video mapping show and light installation at Barra Square will be temporarily
suspended from 10th to 14thDecember.
Light installations shine with new interactive elements
including seven sets of light installations in total will be rolled out at
various locations, including “Lake of Treasure” comprising 360 LED glow balls
at Nam Van Lake Nautical Centre, “Path of Treasure” at Avenida Panorâmica do
Lago Nam Van, “Light Painting, Neon Sketching and Street of Illusion” at
Anim'Arte Nam Van, “Blessing Stairways” at St. Lawrence's Church, “Tree of
Blessing” at Lilau Square, “Cave of Gems” at Moorish Barracks and “Harbor of
Hope” at Barra Square. Most of the light installations will shine with new
interactive elements. Among them, the “Light Painting” will enable spectators
to create their own graffiti of light and share photos on social network, while
“Neon Sketching” will let spectators sketch their own art pieces of neon light
in concert.
Moreover, the creative interactive games add great fun. A
total of five interactive games with an enhanced level of interactivity will be
available in the upcoming Festival. At Nam Van Lake Nautical Centre, “The Tree
of Wishes” will enable participants to create their own fireworks through the
LED Matrix installed for the video mapping show, whereas the “Romance Detector”
at St. Lawrence's Church will combine video mapping effects to bestow blessings
of love. For the “Lantern of Wishes” in Mandarin’s House, participants can ride
a glowing seesaw to set off projections of blessing lanterns together. For the
“Fountain of Light” at Lilau Square, participants can step into a fountain of
light and collect gems flying down from the fountain. The public can play the
interactive game “Lost Gem” on the mobile app “Treasure of Light” and collect
the seven lost gems. They can then activate the collected gems on the game
device “Eyes of Treasure” set up at Nam Van Lake Nautical Centre and Barra
Square. After activating the seven gems, participants will be able to find the mysterious
treasure and embark on a virtual reality tour. In addition, exquisite souvenirs
can be redeemed at the two above mentioned locations. The interactive games
will be held from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. except during the video mapping shows. On
24th December, the “Romance Detector” will end earlier at 9 p.m.
Music and light show showcases the amazing local artistic
power with the newest music and light show named “Melody of Light” which will
come on stage at Anim’Arte Nam Van, where citizens and visitors can find
various cultural and creative stores, a craft market and more. In the show,
local artists will orchestrate an array of spectacular performances into a
symphony of painting art, music and light. The show will demonstrate local
artistic power and lead visitors into a local world of cultural and creative
art, gracing the festival with new leisurely experience. The performers will
play different styles of music with different musical instruments glittering
with glow graffiti painted by a local artist. Spanning 15 minutes, the music
and light show will take place every half an hour from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m,
every Friday, Saturday and Sunday during the Macao Light Festival, as well as
on 8th, 20th, 21stand 26th December.
Last December, MGTO held the inaugural edition of the
Macao Light Festival – Journey of Lights. Following the Festival, the Office
conducted an impact evaluation of which the result confirmed that the event had
widely won recognition from citizens and visitors. A line-up of festive events
during last December, including Macao Light Festival, Macao International
Marathon and the Parade through Macao, Latin City, had unleashed a synergistic
effect and led to growth in various tourism figures. Following that, MGTO
staged another widely popular event named “Valentine's Day Fantasia 2016 - The
Fairytale of Lights” this February.
In the future, MGTO will continue to organize a diversity
of mega events to enrich the city’s offer of leisure experiences, while
assisting to promote integrated and complementary development of various
industries to open up a new landscape for the tourism and leisure industry. In
addition, the Office will strive to deepen cooperation across the fields of
tourism, culture and sports for a stronger synergy, in hope to attract visitors
from various source markets and encourage them to stay longer in Macao. The
office will also apply more innovative technology and multimedia in tourism to
promote smart tourism development in Macao.
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