Yeongdeungpo's Representative Education Festival 'Popo Festa' Held Online

Held for two weeks from the 19th to the 31st... Live interactive opening ceremony on the 24th... Last year, over 6,700 residents participated... 1,700 pre-experience kits sold out on the day... Rich video content and events under four themes: Career, Books, Science, and Youth Autonomy

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Yeongdeungpo-gu (Mayor Chae Hyun-il) will hold the Yeongdeungpo representative education festival "Popo Festa" online festival for youth and residents from the 19th to the 31st of this month.

Popo Festa is an education festival brand of Yeongdeungpo, combining the letter "Po" taken from "Yeongdeungpo-gu" and "four," representing the four educational festivals: ▲Career Festival ▲Book Festival ▲Science Sprout Festival ▲Youth Autonomy Festival.

In 2019, when the first Popo Festa was held, over 6,700 youths and residents participated, showing high enthusiasm. Various programs such as ▲Vision Declaration Ceremony ▲Titan Robot Demonstration ▲67 Experience Booths ▲33 Exhibitions ▲21 Performances were presented to the residents.

Using the Popo Festa representative characters selected through a contest, "Poipoie," "Popo," and "Gomgomi," it has established itself as a friendly and warm Yeongdeungpo representative education festival.

Considering the COVID-19 situation, this year’s Popo Festa will be held non-face-to-face, and an online education festival has been prepared so that youths and residents can participate anytime and anywhere.

This festival offers abundant video content totaling 67 pieces and various events. Even before the festival, residents’ enthusiasm was high, with all 1,700 pre-experience kits specially prepared to preview the festival being fully booked on the first day of application.

From the 19th to the 23rd, the landing page will open as a pre-promotion period, where residents can watch participation support videos, leave expectations, and participate in SNS sharing events.

Starting with a 30-minute real-time online communication opening ceremony at 2 p.m. on the 24th, the main Popo Festa week runs until the 31st. Along with various promotional videos, experience program videos, and performance videos for each of the four festival themes, there will be an online communication opening ceremony congratulatory comment event and a satisfaction survey event.

To increase residents’ expectations and participation rates for the festival, the district will hold a Popo Festa expectation & support comment writing event from the 19th to the 31st.

A total of 50 winners will receive food and beverage prizes from famous brands such as Domino’s Pizza, Mom’s Touch, and Twosome Place.

Anyone can easily access the online Popo Festa by visiting the website or scanning the dedicated QR code printed on the poster.

Chae Hyun-il, Mayor of Yeongdeungpo-gu, said, “To prevent infectious diseases, we are holding the Yeongdeungpo representative education festival Popo Festa online this year,” and added, “I hope that residents, exhausted and struggling due to COVID-19, will gain healing and hopeful energy through the online festival.”