As part of the WorldSkills Kazan 2019 Championship, foreign guests were introduced
to the culture of the Russian Federation and Tatarstan. First Deputy Head of
the Executive Committee of Kazan Rustem Gafarov talked more on this today
during Business Monday meeting. One of the interesting events of the
championship was the One School - One Country educational programme.
On August 22, Kazan schoolchildren
met with representatives of participating countries.
“Our schools were visited by French Labor Minister Muriel Peniko, Chinese
Taipei Labor Minister Su Min Chun, WorldSkills International President Simon
Bartley and other officials. The schoolchildren, along with the guests,
identified the best in sports, treated foreigners with dishes of national
cuisine and held master classes in folk songs and dances for them” R. Gafarov
said.
The speaker also added that a large-scale international event
attracted hundreds of foreign journalists to Kazan who wrote about our city,
its residents, and culture. According to the results, about 6,600 publications
were posted in the media. “These were very positive reviews, which noted good
organization, beauty and comfort of the city, the hospitality of Kazan and a
friendly attitude towards the fans,” he noted.
“In conversations with team members,
with heads of delegations, with WorldSkills management board, words about
beauty, cleanliness and hospitality of Kazan were heard” confirmed the Mayor of
Tatarstan capital Ilsur Metshin. “People took away with them a piece of our
hospitality and warmth, and Kazan had become more recognizable and made even
more friends.”