On Sunday, August 28, the Largest Concert in the World to celebrate the truth was held in Simón Bolívar Metropolitan Park, an event organized by the Philharmonic Orchestra of Bogotá, in coordination with the Ministry of Education, the Secretariat of Mobility; the Secretariat of Culture, Recreation and Sport; the District Institute of Recreation and Sport (IDRD, as per the acronym in Spanish), and Transmilenio.
This presentation aimed to honor the truth and memory from Bogotá – which is consolidated as the epicenter of peacebuilding. The activity also broke a world record, as it had the participation of about 16,000 artists of all ages, who performed on a single stage.
The event did not go unnoticed in the international press and media from various parts of the world, which have highlighted various details of this musical festival in the name of peace held in Bogotá.
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In Latin America, media such as El Universal de México and even Telemundo's television news highlighted the impressive number of concert performers, mainly the participation of more than 13,000 children from 38 official schools in the District.
In this image, the front page of Mexico's El Universal newspaper with the report on the World's Largest Concert in Bogotá:
Below is a screenshot of the video of the news broadcast on Telemundo about the World's Largest Concert in Bogotá:
In Europe, there was coverage from Spanish agency EFE, AFP in France, and ANSA of Italy, which also highlighted the size of the event and the approach to peace, demonstrated by songs in the repertoire such as the "Hymn of Joy", "Peace Popcorn", and "Everyone’s Song".
The following is a screenshot the EFE agency report, covering the Largest Concert in the World in Bogotá:
This is a tweet from the French agency AFP about the World's Largest Concert in Bogotá:
VIDEO: Thousands of musicians from different orchestras and schools gather in Bogota to perform the world's largest concert.
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) August 29, 2022
The event, which involved some 16,000 people playing simultaneously, celebrates the final report of the Truth Commission on the Colombian conflict pic.twitter.com/t9DGyL9HSc
Below is an image of Italian agency ANSA’s coverage of the World's Largest Concert in Bogotá:
Finally, Asian media such as DNA India, The Nation (Thailand), Xinhua (China), and Yonhap (Korea) also covered the surprising concert and pointed out the importance of the event as part of the final report of the Truth Commission as a celebration and demonstration of Bogotá's commitment to peacebuilding.
In the image, the note of the portal The Nation of Thailand in which it reported on the Largest Concert in the World in Bogotá:
Here is a screenshot of the note published by the Chinese news agency Xinhua about the World's Largest Concert held in Bogotá:
Here's a screenshot from Korean news agency Yonhap's website covering the World's Largest Concert event in Bogotá:
We invite you to learn more about how the World's Largest Concert was carried out in the following article:
Philharmonic Orchestra Broke Record with Concert to Celebrate Truth
