Guro-gu Hosts 'Online World Citizens Day Festival'

Live YouTube Broadcast at 3 PM on the 20th... A Harmony Event for Communication and Coexistence Among Domestic and Foreign Residents... Sharing Social Distancing Tips, Overseas Family Video Messages to Comfort People Worldwide Suffering from the Pandemic

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Guro-gu (Mayor Lee Sung) will hold the ‘Online World Citizens Day Festival’.

Guro-gu announced on the 7th, “To celebrate World Citizens Day (May 20), we are preparing a place for communication and coexistence among domestic and foreign residents,” adding, “This year’s festival will be held online via YouTube live streaming to prevent the spread of COVID-19.”

The ‘World Citizens Day Festival’ is hosted by Guro-gu and organized by the multicultural public-private-academic network ‘Daga-chi Danuri Governance’ along with 24 multicultural-related institutions and organizations. It was first held last year, and this year marks the second event.

This year’s World Citizens Day Festival will be themed around delivering messages of overcoming COVID-19 and hope for all world citizens who are facing difficulties due to the pandemic.

The festival will feature various attractions such as sharing personal know-how for practicing social distancing, video letters sent to overseas family and acquaintances who cannot join due to COVID-19, resident-participatory intercultural city performances, and invited singer performances.

Additionally, there will be the declaration of the intercultural city, commendations for exemplary domestic and foreign residents, awards for multicultural kind stores and families, and introductions of multicultural institutions and organizations within the district.

The event will take place on the 20th of this month from 3 PM for two hours. Anyone can watch by searching ‘Guro-gu World Citizens Day’ on YouTube.

Guro-gu is conducting a resident participation video contest for this festival. The contest targets videos under one minute in length on themes such as overcoming COVID-19 and rejecting discrimination and prejudice in an intercultural city.

The submission period is until the 11th, and applications along with videos should be sent to the person in charge via email (lhj850509@guro.go.kr). Any domestic or foreign resident or local institution or organization can participate. For more details, refer to the announcement section on the district office website.

Guro-gu plans to select about five videos to be screened on the day of the festival.

A Guro-gu official said, “Although this year’s festival cannot feature the spectacular performances such as traditional dances and parades from various countries held last year, we are preparing it thoroughly so that the true meaning of World Citizens Day can be reflected upon,” and added, “We hope for the residents’ great interest and participation.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.