Nepali Team Participates in Yekaterinburg Youth Festival; Wins First Place in Film Category
Dragon Media Newsroom
Around 10,000 participants from 191 countries, including Nepali youth, attended the International Festival of Youth in Yekaterinburg, Russia, from September 11 to 17. The Nepali delegation took part in educational, cultural and creative programs, exchanging ideas and experiences with young people from other countries, the Russian Embassy in Nepal said. The dates and participant figures match the festival’s official information.
A team including Kathmandu’s Suman Shrestha and young people from Russia, Nepal, Algeria, Egypt, Indonesia and Argentina won first place in the film category of the ArtMasters Open competition with a video titled The Best Day of the Year, the embassy said. The competition’s official results list the team behind that title as the winner of the film category.
Kshitij Parajuli represented Nepal in the “Keepers of Memory” project, organized by Russia’s Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo) during the festival. Parajuli, who works in international relations and law, presented on “Decolonization and Archives” at a workshop on archival and museum studies. He spoke about Nepal’s cultural heritage, the return of cultural objects, local communities’ rights to their heritage, digitizing archives, access to materials and data protection, the embassy said.
Nepali festival participants Susa and Sartak highlighted the welcoming atmosphere, opportunities to meet young people from different countries, cultural exchange and the exhibition of innovations. They returned with new friendships, knowledge and ideas for joint projects, according to the embassy.
More than 100 international cooperation projects from 41 countries were presented at the Rossotrudnichestvo venue. Although the festival has ended, the embassy said it expects the friendships, ideas and partnerships formed there to support continued cooperation between young people from Russia and Nepal.
