PUDUCHERRY: The French National Day celebrations in Puducherry which is held on July 14 every year, will go digital this time due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
“A decision was therefore taken to celebrate this event virtually in 2020- it would therefore be a Digital French National Day this year,” said a release from Consul General of France in Puducherry.
The French National Day is an event of elaborate celebrations at the Consulate with esteemed guests and invitees.
But the COVID-19 pandemic situation made both a public celebration and invitations impossible.
The celebrations started online from July 1 with many programs in various online platforms associated with the Embassy of France and the Consulates across India.
On the July 14, ther will be online programmes from the Embassy of France as well as highlights related to the constituency of the Consulate General of France in Pondicherry and Chennai, on their respective Facebook pages, as per their release.
A plethora of programmes have been lined up on the Consulate’s facebook page https://www.facebook.com/France.Pondichery/
Here's the schedule:
8:30 am – Laying of wreath at the Pondicherry French War Memorial
9:00 am -Trailer of the film “Cap sur les francophonies de Pondichéry”
9:10 a.m- Eloquentia – Alliance Francaise of Madras
9:30 am-Student talk – Alliance Francaise of Pondicherry
10:00 am-Words of Students - Lycée Français International de Pondichéry
10:15 am-Quiz on July 14th organized by Allince Francaise of Trivandrum
11:00 am-Who has the right - song by students of Lycée Français International de Pondichéry
11.15 am -The people of waste - film on waste management
12:00 pm- Message from SE Emmanuel Lenain, Ambassador of France to India
12:45 pm- Message from Catherine Suard, Consul General of France in Pondicherry and Chennai
1:50 pm -Video thanking the Consular agents
5:30 pm-Presentation of the ‘Volontariat’ activities
6:00 pm-Film “ Cap sur les francophonies de Pondichéry”
The Embassy's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/FranceinIndia/ can also be followed for French National day celebration updates.