Commemorative Events for Sister and Friendship City Days
－Citizens enjoy a taste of foreign cultures－
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Hiroshima City holds commemorative events for each of its six international sister cities and friendship cities.
The MCs for the events were the Hiroshima Messengers selected through a public recruitment process.
Daegu Day
The Daegu Day commemorative event was held at the venue of the Hiroshima Flower Festival from May 3-5, 2015.
Sponsors: 2015 Daegu Day Executive Committee (18 organizations in total).
This time a delegation of approximately 150 people visited Hiroshima from Daegu Metropolitan City, the Republic of Korea, and participated in the commemorative stage event, as well as setting up a Daegu Metropolitan City Tourism section and medical tourism section at the Korea Daegu Madan (square).
At the commemorative ceremony on the 4th, there was a performance of the large drums that were given as a gift from Korea, and there were speeches by the chairperson of the Daegu Day Executive Committee, the mayor of Hiroshima City, the mayor of Daegu Metropolitan City, and the Consul from the Republic of Korea Consulate-General in Hiroshima.
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This was followed by a performance by members of the Daegu City Symphony Orchestra, enjoyed by an audience of around 1,000 people.
The Daegu City Symphony Orchestra also held concerts at the Flower Festival venue on the 4th, and Hiroshima City's Phoenix Hall on the 5th.
Over the three days there were also the Chima jeogori (Korean traditional costume) Experience section and Korean home cooking on sale at the Korea Daegu Madan.
Many families, young women and others visited and experienced Korean culture for themselves.
There were just over 6,000 visitors over the three days and the event was a great success.
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Concert by the Daegu City Symphony Orchestra
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