World Festival of Youth and Students
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The World Festival of Youth and Students is an international event organized by the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) and the International Union of Students after 1947.
History
The festival has been held occasionally since 1947, mainly in communist states, as an event of global youth solidarity for democracy and against war and imperialism. The largest festival was the 6th, held in 1957 in Moscow, when 34,000 young people from 131 countries attended the event. This festival also marked the international debut of the song "Moscow Nights", which subsequently went on to become a widely recognized Russian song. There were no festivals between 1962 and 1968, as events proposed in Algeria and then Ghana were cancelled due to coups and political turmoil in both countries.[1] Until the 19th festival in Sochi, Russia in 2017 (with 185 countries participating),[2] the largest festival by number of countries with participants was the 13th, held in 1989 in Pyongyang when 177 countries attended the event.[3]
The most recent festival took place in Sochi, Russia, from 13 to 22 October 2017.
Editions
| Edition | Year | Logo | Country | Host City | Participants | No. of countries represented |
Motto |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1947 | File:Fmje-1.jpg | Template:Flagdeco Czechoslovakia | Prague | 17,000 | 71 | "Youth Unite, Forward for Lasting Peace!" |
| 2nd | 1949 | File:Fmje-2.jpg | Template:Flagdeco Hungary | Budapest | 20,000 | 82 | "Youth Unite, Forward for Lasting Peace, Democracy, National Independence and a better future for the people" |
| 3rd | 1951 | File:Fmje-3.jpg | File:Flag of Germany.svg East Germany | East Berlin | 26,000 | 104 | "For Peace and Friendship – Against Nuclear Weapons" |
| 4th | 1953 | File:Fmje-4.jpg | Template:Flagdeco Romania | Bucharest | 30,000 | 111 | "No! Our generation will not serve death and destruction!." |
| 5th | 1955 | File:Fmje-5.jpg | Template:Flagdeco Poland | Warsaw | 30,000 | 114 | "For Peace and Friendship – Against the Aggressive Imperialist Pacts" |
| 6th | 1957 | File:Fmje-6.jpg | File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union | Moscow | 34,000 | 131 | "For Peace and Friendship" |
| 7th | 1959 | File:Fmje-7.jpg | File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria | Vienna | 18,000 | 112 | "For Peace and Friendship and Peaceful Coexistence" |
| 8th | 1962 | File:Fmje-8.jpg | File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland | Helsinki | 18,000 | 137 | "For Peace and Friendship" |
| 9th | 1968 | File:Fmje-9.jpg | Template:Flagdeco Bulgaria | Sofia | 20,000 | 138 | "For Solidarity, Peace and Friendship" |
| 10th | 1973 | File:Fmje-10.jpg | File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany | East Berlin | 25,600 | 140 | "For Anti-Imperialist Solidarity, Peace and Friendship" |
| 11th | 1978 | File:Fmje-11.jpg | File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba | Havana | 18,500 | 145 | "For Anti-Imperialist Solidarity, Peace and Friendship" |
| 12th | 1985 | File:12-й Всемирный Фестиваль Молодёжи и Студентов, 1985 г.svg | File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union | Moscow | 26,000 | 157 | "For Anti-Imperialist Solidarity, Peace and Friendship" |
| 13th | 1989 | File:Pyongyang13thWorldFestivalforYouthsandStudents.svg | File:Flag of North Korea (1948–1992).svg North Korea | Pyongyang | 22,000 | 180 | "For Anti-Imperialist Solidarity, Peace and Friendship" |
| 14th | 1997 | File:Fmje-14.jpg | File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba | Havana | 12,325 | 136 | "For Anti-Imperialist Solidarity, Peace and Friendship" |
| 15th | 2001 | File:Fmje-15.jpg | File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria | Algiers | 6,500 | 110 | "Let’s Globalize the Struggle For Peace, Solidarity, Development, Against Imperialism" |
| 16th | 2005 | File:Fmje-16.jpg | File:Flag of Venezuela (1930–1954).svg Venezuela | Caracas | 17,000 | 144 | "For Peace and Solidarity, We Struggle Against Imperialism and War" |
| 17th | 2010 | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | Pretoria | 15,000 | 126 | "Let's Defeat Imperialism, for a World of Peace, Solidarity and Social Transformation!" | |
| 18th | 2013 | File:Logo-festival-mundial-de-la-juventud-2013.jpg | File:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador | Quito | 8,500 | 80[4] | "Youth Unite Against Imperialism, for a World of Peace, Solidarity and Social Transformation!" |
| 19th | 2017 | File:RR5111-0363R.png | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | Sochi | 30,000 | 185[5] | "For peace, solidarity and social justice, we struggle against imperialism. Honoring our past, we build the future!" |
Gallery
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1949, Budapest.
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1953, Bulevardul Magheru in Bucharest
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1973, East Berlin: delegates from Burundi
See also
References
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External links
- Official Website of the 17th World Festival of Youth and Students
- Official Website of the 19th World Festival of Youth and Students
- Official Website of the World Federation of Democratic Youth
- Chronology of World Festivals of Youth and Students
- 16th World Festival of Youth and Students, Official Website
- Video of the 16th World Festival of Youth and Students in Caracas
- North Korea Youth Festival 1989