Cultural Events
This research paper will talk about two cultural events that happen in the world. The first event to be cover is the World Cosplay Summit that happens in Japan. The second event to be cover is Yeouido Cherry Blossom Festival that happens in South Korea.
World Cosplay Summit
The World Cosplay Summit is also known as WCS is a cosplay festival in Japan (‘Top 50 Most Popular World Festivals & Cultural Events’). WCS is an annual international cosplay event that promotes friendly international exchange through the Japanese pop culture (‘Top 50 Most Popular World Festivals & Cultural Events’). WCS happens on the first weekend of August in Japan (‘Top 50 Most Popular World Festivals & Cultural Events’). WCS is organized by the events division of TV Aichi and has support of local volunteers, city organizations and businesses (‘Top 50 Most Popular World Festivals & Cultural Events’).
During the festival a parade and a championship are held, both are in Nagoya, Japan. In the Kanto, Kansai and Tokai areas also hold several related events (‘Top 50 Most Popular World Festivals & Cultural Events’). Various people around the world has been influence by Japan’s manga and anime culture (‘About WCS’). However, people were not satisfied by reading and watching anymore, but wanted to try and be the character and act as them, thus the cosplay culture was born (‘About WCS’). The WCS began in 2003 in Nagoya, Japan (‘About WCS’).
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It was created to have international friendship with cosplayers from all over the world (‘About WCS’). The number of participating countries has been increasing, in 2012 the number grew to 20 countries (‘About WCS’). The championship has representatives from each country display their best performances on stage, it does not just judge the quality of the costumes, but the art direction and overall performance as well (‘About WCS’). Where the WCS was born, the parade also takes place in Nagoya (‘About WCS’). Where there is numerous store that is conglomerated into one small area for manga, anime, computer, and vintage fashion (‘About WCS’). Which is a nice melting pot for Japanese subcultures (‘About WCS’).
Yeouido Cherry Blossom Festival
The Yeouido Cherry Blossom Festival happens in April in South Korea (‘Top 50 Most Popular World Festivals & Cultural Events’). In 2018, the festival happened on Friday April 12th and lasted untiled Thursday April 18th (‘Top 50 Most Popular World Festivals & Cultural Events’). The festival is also known as the Spring Flower Festival (‘Top 50 Most Popular World Festivals & Cultural Events’). Azaleas, forsythia, royal azaleas, and other spring flower are in full bloom during mid-April, most famous is the 1,886 Korean cherry trees (‘Yeongdeungpo Yeouido Spring Flower Festival ‘).
During this time, vehicles have limited access to the road that is around the festival periods, so that visitors can enjoy the blossoms and festivities (‘Yeongdeungpo Yeouido Spring Flower Festival ‘). At night, the blossoms are lit up with multiple colored lights (‘Yeongdeungpo Yeouido Spring Flower Festival ‘). A range of street performances and an art exhibitions take placed as well (‘Yeongdeungpo Yeouido Spring Flower Festival ‘). The admission if free and there is no age limit (‘Yeongdeungpo Yeouido Spring Flower Festival ‘).
People can rent baby strollers, tricycles, and wheelchairs in the facilities service (‘Good to know’). There is a breastfeeding room, powder room, a tourist information center, a medical support room, and a lost child report center (‘Good to know’). There is a website that will tell the real-time weather, to give maps to how to get to the festival, maps on where everything is, the schedule for activities, and to let people watch the flowers bloom in real-time (‘Good to know’). People can also take a stamp tour and collect the stamp in different places (‘Good to know’). If they collect all the stamps they can get a gift at the representative spot (‘Good to know’).
Conclusion
Different cultures have different events. Some cultures have the same or very similar events. Some events try to bring in tourists. Some try to reach out to other cultures. Most just try to bring fun to everyone.
