Nearly 30,000 Attend National Folk Museum Children's Day Event... 'World Culture Box' Initiative to Continue

Children's Day Event 'Festival of World Games'
28,341 Children Participate
Part of 'A Window Open to the World'
Development of 'World Culture Box' to Continue

The National Folk Museum announced on the 5th that it held a performance review meeting on the previous day with representatives from 13 foreign cultural centers and embassies in Korea, who co-hosted the Children's Day festival. The Children's Day event, held on May 4 and 5, was attended by a total of 28,341 people.

Hungarian game 'King, send us soldiers!'. National Folk Museum

This year's Children's Day event was conducted as a pilot project for the museum's new vision, "A Window Open to the World." In cooperation with 13 foreign cultural centers and embassies in Korea, the museum organized 35 programs under the theme "Festival of World Games." Children enjoyed a variety of global cultural programs in one place, including performances, games, and cultural experiences prepared by the 13 participating countries.

The review meeting also explored future directions for the exchange of children's cultural content. Michela Linda Magri, director of the Italian Cultural Center, introduced Italian children's play culture and traditional costumes, and presented a vision for cultural content exchange between Italy and Korea for children.

In addition, Michal Emanovsky, director of the Czech Center in Korea, Imsennaro Walling, director of the Indian Cultural Center in Korea, as well as representatives from the Embassy of Peru, the Public Information and Cultural Center of the Embassy of Japan, the Embassy of Colombia, the Cervantes Institute in Korea, and the French Language Center of the Embassy of France, shared their opinions on possible avenues for cooperation.

Jang Sanghun, director of the National Folk Museum, stated, "I hope that, following this 'Festival of World Games' on Children's Day, adults will continue the connections made with children from around the world," adding, "We plan to build on the experience and infrastructure of mutual cultural respect established on Children's Day to develop a 'World Culture Box' for children in the future."

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