International Family Festival "Family World" (WFWP Russia)

Written by: Olga Vakulinskaya

On November 27, 2021, WFWP Eurasia in cooperation with Family Federation for World Peace held its seventh annual Intercultural Family Festival “Family World.” The partners of the Festival were Charity Fund “Revival and Hope,” “Peoples’ Assembly of Russia,” “Muslim Women Union” and the Charity Fund “Believe in your dream.”

It was an international online event that gathered together families from different countries and different regions of Russia. We could welcome and honor families from Armenia, Belarus, Moldova, Dagestan, Bashkortostan, Russia and Ukraine.

The goal of the Family Festival is to promote true family values, the culture of peace and international/intercultural cooperation and friendship. The hope is that more and more young people from different cultures can watch this Festival and can see a beautiful living example of loving and dedicated families. We believe these examples can help young people have more conviction that true love really does exist. The idea of the Festival is based on the Miss and Mister University Beauty pageant.

First, the family participants represented their countries, regions and their most important family values in a short creative introduction. After that, they all shared their talents in a very unique and beautiful way. In the third part of the program, the fathers and mothers of the families had to answer the questions from the jury of the Festival. The purpose of that last Q&A session was to give the families a chance to share their wisdom and secrets of happy family life with the audience.

All viewers from the various countries received a chance to vote for the “Audience Award.” After collecting and counting the votes across 3 channels of the broadcast, the ”Audience Award” was presented to an Armenian family Garibyan — Korkotyan.

Each family became a winner in different nominations.
Hismatullin Family from Bashkortostan — the Most Creative Family
Akilov Family from Dagestan — the Best Family Dynasty
Eshanu family from Moldova — a Family of Most Loving and Compassionate Hearts
Antikona Kabalyero family from Belarus — Most Talented Family
Garibyan-Korkotyan Family — the Treasure of the nation
Arapov family representing Russia and Ukraine — High Family Values

More than 2,500 people from various countries watched the Festival. All participants and more than 3,800 viewers from all over the world were very moved by the values and the warm atmosphere of the Festival. Many people from different countries shared that they could really feel like one united family and were happy that true family values could be promoted in such a beautiful way.