Love song contest at Sweden Pavilion

Shanghai, 17/8/2010

Of all the venues, the Sweden Pavilion was the place where a singing contest to celebrate the Qixi Festival, a Chinese equivalent of the Valentine's Day.

The event organizer, the Sweden Pavilion, invited visitors to sing love songs to the one they love and rewarded them with the pavilion's T-shirts. Swedish volunteers led the contest by interacting with Chinese visitors. The contest reached a climax when the crowd joined them to sing Michael Jackson's "Heal the world." Paul Philip Abrigo from Stockholm, known as the "prince of love songs," also showed off his sweet songs at the contest.