Covid-19: French National Day celebrations go online

PUDUCHERRY: Covid-19 has forced the French consulate in Puducherry to celebrate the French National Day – that falls on July 14 – online this year.
The celebration began on July 1 with the embassy of France and the consulates across the country screening various programmes online on their respective Embassy of Facebook accounts.
"...the Covid-19 pandemic situation made both a public celebration and invitations impossible. Therefore, a decision was taken to celebrate this event virtually in 2020. It would be a digital French National Day this year," said a release from the consulate.
The Embassy of France will screen online programmes as well as highlights related to the constituency of the Consulate General of France in Pondicherry and Chennai on their respective Facebook accounts on July 14.
The consulate will livestream on its Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/France.Pondichery/) laying of wreath at the Pondicherry French War Memorial at 8.30am on July 14.
It will be followed by screening of a trailer of the film 'Cap sur les francophonies de Pondichery', interactive sessions among the students of Alliance Francaise of Madras and Alliance Francaise of Pondicherry, screening on a film on waste management titled 'The people of waste' and messages of the ambassador of France to India Emmanuel Lenain and consul general of France in Pondicherry and Chennai Catherine Suard.
The celebrations will conclude with the screening of the film 'Cap sur les francophonies de Pondichery'. The French Embassy in India will also screen the celebrations on its Facebook account https://www.facebook.com/FranceinIndia/.