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| Iyewon Church in Seoul's Gangseo District hosted in 2018 its first multicultural festival concert, with the church pastor Tom Kim preparing the event. Provided by Tom Kim |
By Ko Dong-hwan
A Korean-American pastor in Seoul is hosting for the second time a large-scale multicultural festival at his church in Gangseo District, eastern Seoul.
The "237 Multicultural Festival" invites foreigners in the country ― from students and migrant workers to members of multicultural families ― this Saturday to the Iyewon Church in the district's Deungchon-dong area.
Tom Kim hosted the inaugural event last year. It was a music concert with invited bands, drawing more than 1,400 visitors.
This year, at the same venue, the festival, in addition to a concert, has booths for cultural experiences and street food. The free-of-charge event also offers raffle prizes.
The embassies of Kenya, Rwanda, Fiji, the Philippines, Sierra Leone and Nigeria will participate, setting up their own booths.
GME Remittance, a global remittance service provider based in Seoul, also will participate in the festival with its own booth. The pastor said the company helped him advertise the festival.
"The event has been arranged to encourage foreigners who are away from their countries," Kim told The Korea Times.
The pastor and non-governmental organization Uniworld are funding the festival.
