Pyeongtaek Announces Plans for '2021 Pyeongtaek World Culture Week'

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jeong Jun-sung] Pyeongtaek City announced plans for the '2021 Pyeongtaek World Culture Week,' an event providing world culture experiences in familiar settings, through a media briefing on the 24th.

The Pyeongtaek World Culture Week, hosted by Pyeongtaek City and organized by the Pyeongtaek International Exchange Foundation, was designed to provide citizens with opportunities to experience diverse world cultures and to promote the value of cultural diversity.

The Canada Culture Week opening the Pyeongtaek World Culture Week will unfold over six days from June 26 to July 1 in the Baedari Library and Baedari Park area with diverse programs including opening ceremony, performances, lectures, and exhibitions.

The opening ceremony held at Baedari Library's grass plaza will be limited to 100 participants for COVID-19 quarantine measures and will feature various celebration stages including the Pyeongtaek Boys and Girls Choir's performance of Canadian folk songs and a performance by Canadian artist and UN Command Major Christian Wellen.

Additionally, meaningful events commemorating National Patriot and Veterans Month and the 71st anniversary of the Korean War will be held. Photos of Canadian Korean War veterans, honoring the dedication and achievements of Canadian troops who dispatched 27,000 personnel and lost over 1,700 lives, will be displayed at the grass plaza of Baedari Library.

Thereafter, culture week events from five countries including Czech Republic, Russia, United States, and South Africa will continue through November.

The city plans to develop the world culture week—being held for the first time this year—into a representative cultural event for Pyeongtaek City aiming to become an international culture city, based on experience gained from establishing cooperative relationships with embassies of each country and securing diverse content, incorporating Korean traditional culture and expanding participating nations.