FINA WORLD AQUATICS DAY, 2021 Part 1: Hoisting the Flag
On the Occasion of FINA World Aquatics Day, 2021, the ceremony was commenced by hoisting the National Flag of Nepal by Mr. Ramesh Silwal, Member Secretary of Nepal Sports Council and FINA's Flag by Mr. Ashok R. Bajracharya, President of Nepal Swimming Association. About FINA World Aquatics Day: In January 2016, during the FINA Bureau Meeting held in Budapest, Hungary, a worldwide aquatic day was recognized to celebrate the aquatic sports around the world on a common day. The FINA World Aquatics Day is a day to celebrate and encourage the power of aquatic sports for social wellbeing and development in all corners of the world. It will be celebrated every year during the first weekend of July, before July 19th - the date of the foundation of FINA in London 1908, marking each year the anniversary of FINA.