World Congress of Esperanto

World Congress of Esperanto

The World Congress of Esperanto (in Esperanto: "Universala Kongreso de Esperanto") has the longest tradition among international Esperanto conventions, with an almost unbroken run of more than a hundred years. The Congresses have been held since 1905 every year, except during World Wars I and II. The World Esperanto Association has been organizing these Congresses since the 1920s.

These congresses take place every year and gather on average about 2000 participants (since World War II it has varied from 800 to 6000 depending on the venue). The average number of countries represented is about 60. Some specialized organizations also gather a few hundred participants in their annual meetings. The World Congress usually takes place in the last week of July or first week of August, beginning and ending on a Saturday (8 days in total).



References

External links

* [http://www.uk2006.info/ Web site of the Universala Kongreso de Esperanto 2006]


* [http://uea.org/kongresoj/uk_2008.html/ Web site of the Universala Kongreso de Esperanto 2008]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • International Youth Congress of Esperanto — The International Youth Congress of Esperanto or Internacia Junulara Kongreso is the biggest annual meeting of young esperantists in the world and participants usually number around 300 but have been know to have more than 1000 esperanto speakers …   Wikipedia

  • Esperanto II — was a reform of Esperanto proposed by René de Saussure in 1937, the last of a long series of such proposals beginning with a 1907 response to Ido later called Antido 1. [ [http://esperantic.org/librejo/dbstudoj/35 Kuenzli.htm René de Saussure… …   Wikipedia

  • Esperanto — This article is about the language. For other uses, see Esperanto (disambiguation). Esperanto Created by L. L. Zamenhof Date created …   Wikipedia

  • Esperanto culture — The language Esperanto is often used to access an international culture, including a large body of original as well as translated literature. There are over 25,000 Esperanto books (originals and translations) as well as over a hundred regularly… …   Wikipedia

  • World Esperanto Association — The World Esperanto Association (in Esperanto UEA: Universala Esperanto Asocio ) is the largest international organization of Esperanto speakers, with members in 119 countries (as of 2000) and in official relations with the United Nations and… …   Wikipedia

  • Esperanto orthography — Esperanto …   Wikipedia

  • Native Esperanto speakers — Esperanto …   Wikipedia

  • World Peace Council — The World Peace Council (WPC) is an international organization that advocates universal disarmament, sovereignty and independence and peaceful co existence, and campaigns against imperialism, weapons of mass destruction and all forms of… …   Wikipedia

  • Esperanto symbols — Since the earliest days of Esperanto, the colour green has been used as a symbol of mutual recognition and it appears prominently in all Esperanto symbols.The Green Star ( verda stelo ) was first proposed in an 1892 article in La Esperantisto (… …   Wikipedia

  • Prague Manifesto (Esperanto) — For other things named Prague Manifesto, see Prague Manifesto (disambiguation) …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”