The Olympic-scale World Culture Festival to be attended by hundreds of individuals from over 100 nations and a gathering of worldwide leaders would ship a message of worldwide unity, organisers of the mega occasion have stated.

More than 600,000 folks have registered for the three-day occasion starting on the National Mall right here on Friday which can see an unprecedented efficiency from greater than 17,000 artists from over 100 nations.

“This festival could not have arrived in this iconic place at any better time. With so much polarisation around us, and so much negativity, mental health challenges abound during that time. Gurudev’s (Sri Sri Ravi Shankar) message of one World Family comes alive through this festival,” Art of Living Foundation spokesperson Kushal Choksi informed PTI on Thursday.

“We are on this iconic National Mall where history is made and the world is again going to see more than 180 countries come together, celebrate their culture, celebrate their differences on this massive global stage,” Choksi stated.

He stated the purpose of the competition is to create a visual, public discussion board to have a good time the variations – as One World Family.

“There are actually millions of people who wish for unity, who wish for coming together, who wish to be in their heart as opposed to being in their head,” Louis Gagnon, head of promoting for World Culture Festival stated.

“We are the same. We are one. Let’s just focus on that and be that and experience that and seek to experience that in our lives, is the message that Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has for all of us,” he stated.

In view of an imminent authorities shutdown, Choksi stated Friday and Saturday programming on the National Mall stays unchanged no matter the federal government shutdown end result.

“In case the National Mall becomes inaccessible due to the government shutdown, we will move the Sunday portion of our programming to a private venue and live stream it to our local, national and international audiences,” he stated.

“We are excited to welcome hundreds of thousands of people to the National Mall this weekend in celebration of diversity and harmony,” he added.

Gagnon stated greater than 10,000 volunteers have labored to make it a grand success.

The line of cultural performances features a Chinese cultural efficiency with 1,000 singers, dancers and dragons; a Garba extravaganza with 7,000 dancers that may encourage viewers participation; a Fiftieth-anniversary tribute to Hip-Hop with Kurtis Blow, SHA-Rock, Sequence Girls and DJ Kool and different legends of Hip Hop alongside 100 break dancers debuting choreography by King Charles and Kelli Forman.

A complete of 700 Indian classical dancers with a dwell symphony will take part together with 100 Ukrainian dancers in a energetic Hopak.

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