The 4th Olympic Cultural Festival to open soon
(BOCOG)
Updated: 2006-06-16 14:36 The 4th "Beijing 2008" Olympic Cultural Festival
will be held from June 23 through July 15, 2006 in Beijing, a BOCOG official
announced today.
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The opening ceremony for the annual festival would be held at the Badaling
section of the Great Wall, said Wang Ning, director of the Culture and
Ceremonies Department with the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the
XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG).
"We hold the Olympic Cultural Festival before the 2-year countdown (to the
opening of the Games on August 8, 2008) so the Chinese people will have a chance
to share the atmosphere of the upcoming Olympic Games," Wang told the press
conference.
On the evening of the opening day, Beijing TV Station, the local heavyweight
broadcaster known as BTV, will show a large-scale quiz show live to spread the
Olympic knowledge among the local audience.
With the theme of "Experience the Civilization & Enjoy the Olympic
Games," the festival, the fourth of its kind in a row since 2003, will highlight
28 events, including Olympic cultural activities for mass participation, the
Beijing International Sports Film Week and a series of "Olympic Beats" Open-air
Concerts.
Topics such as the Olympic films, Olympics-related cultural creativity and
Olympic music will be discussed at the 4th International Forum on Beijing 2008
Olympic Games as part of the festival. Over 30 sports-themed movies from the
collection of the Olympic Television Archive Bureau and from around the world
will constitute great delights to local movie fans.
Other events such as the "Olympic Beats" Open-air Concerts will be conducted
at various locations around the city throughout the period from June 23 to July
15, when the festival ends.
The festival will climax on July 15, when a dozen songs selected from the
third annual solicitation of Olympic songs will make their debut at the closing
ceremony.
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