‘A Special Day for You More Beautiful Than Flowers’ ... The 51st Parents' Day Commemoration Ceremony Held

May 8th, 10:30 AM, City Hall Hosts Parents' Day Ceremony

Awards for Filial Piety Recipients and Children's Choir Performance at Daycare Celebration

Busan City will hold the ‘51st Parents' Day Commemoration Ceremony’ at 10:30 a.m. on the 8th in the main auditorium on the first floor of Busan City Hall.

Busan City Hall.

Parents' Day on May 8 was originally called ‘Mother's Day’ but was renamed ‘Parents' Day’ in 1973 to express gratitude for parental grace and to honor the traditional virtues of filial piety and respect for elders and seniors.

The city has held the Parents' Day commemoration ceremony every year to reflect on the meaning of filial piety and to convey respect and gratitude toward parents.

This year, the ceremony will be held under the theme ‘A Special Day for You, More Beautiful Than Flowers.’ As this is the first ceremony held since returning to normal life after COVID-19 social distancing measures, the number of attendees has been expanded to about 700 people, and it will be broadcast live through Bada TV, Busan City's internet broadcasting channel.

The ceremony marking the 51st Parents' Day will proceed in the order of ▲Awarding of Meritorious Filial Piety Recipients ▲Commemorative and Congratulatory Speeches ▲Screening of Filial Piety Practice Videos ▲Parents' Day Celebration Performances.

First, five filial piety awardees who have devotedly cared for their ailing parents and attentively looked after elderly neighbors, along with six institutions and organizations contributing to the practice and spread of filial culture in the region, will receive commendations from the Minister of Health and Welfare and the Mayor. Following this, a video titled ‘Who Is on Your Call List?’ conveying a message of gratitude and respect for parents who have lived their lives working harder than anyone else for their children will be screened.

Especially this year, as the event is held at the time of lifting social distancing and returning to a new normal, a special ‘choral performance’ by children from the Busan City Hall daycare center, expressing respect and love for parents, and a ‘generation empathy performance’ that encourages a new and vibrant daily life and allows all generations to come together will be prepared to offer precious memories.

Additionally, at the entrance of the main auditorium, carnations and souvenirs prepared with the sponsorship of BNK Busan Bank will be distributed. These will be provided to attendees as a token of gratitude from all Busan citizens toward their parents.

Administrative Vice Mayor Ahn Byung-yoon said, “I sincerely congratulate the awardees who have shown good influence on their families, neighbors, and local communities through unwavering practice of filial piety,” and added, “On Parents' Day, I hope that the deep and high grace of parents will always be remembered and appreciated, and that the heartfelt wishes of all children for their parents to be a little happier will be conveyed.”

On the day of the event, 20 works from the ‘Generation Empathy Filial Piety Sharing Photo Exhibition,’ held since the 1st at the city hall station urban railway connecting passage in connection with Parents' Day, can be viewed in the lobby of the first-floor main auditorium. It is expected to be a time to reflect once again on the importance of family and filial piety.

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