One year from today – Polish Day at Expo 2020 Dubai
On December 7, 2021, the „Polish Day” will take place at the World Exhibition Expo 2020 in Dubai. It will be the culmination of our presence at this six-month long, world’s largest economic and promotional event. Which due to, the coronavirus pandemic was postponed till 01/10/2021–31/03/2022. „Polish Day” will fall on the 30th anniversary of the opening of the Polish embassy in Abu Dhabi, and at the same time during the celebration of the” Golden Jubilee Week”, i.e. the 50th anniversary of the unification of the United Arab Emirates.
– Less than 300 days left until Expo 2020 Dubai begins. The organizers have confirm their readiness to implement the World Exhibition in the size planned before the COVID-19 pandemic, and the program of stationary events will be supplemented with numerous online initiatives. As Poland, we have been working intensively in recent months on our exhibition inside the pavilion, in particular on the multimedia installation to be known as the „Polish Table” – a symbolic place where our visitors of all cultures will be greeted. We have agreed most aspects with our partners, in particular the Marshal’s Offices, who are preparing exhibitions for the temporary exhibition zone in the Poland Pavilion. We are already planning the celebration of the “Polish Day” in detail. On this day, we will combine a colourful presentation of Poland in the pavilion with spectacular cultural and interesting economic events, as well as with official celebrations and visits of State authorities at the highest level – says Adrian Malinowski, General Commissioner of the Polish Section of the World Exhibition Expo 2020 in Dubai.
In the calendar of national days at Expo 2020 in Dubai, in the first decade of December, in addition to Poland, the following countries among others, will also be celebrating – The United Arab Emirates, The United States, Russia and Kazakhstan. The new date for the „Polish Day” was chosen bearing in mind other important events planned by our country for December, such as Children’s Day (6.12) and the Christmas Time Festival.