Asmara, 7 July 2016 – The 7th National Youth Festival will be conducted from 15 to 17 July in Sawa under the theme, “The Youth: the core of the Turning point!”. According to the organizing committee of the Festival, all necessary preparations have been completed.
The Eritrean Youth Festival is undertaken by the National Union of Eritrean Youth and Students and partners every two years. The organizing committee stated that full effort has been exerted in regards to hosting participants, and necessary facilities have been put in place.
Thousands of Eritrean youth from inside the country and abroad are expected to participate in the biggest national youth festival.
Cultural performances, exhibitions, Soyra and Sawa awards, seminars, etc. that depict the Eritrean youth values and the prevailing harmony of the Eritrean people would be featured in the three-day Festival. Moreover, the graduation ceremony of the 29th round of the National Service would also take place.
The Eritrean youth festival started in 2004.