The 10th

World Festival of Youth and Students The World Festival of Youth and Students is an international event organized by the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) and the International Union of Students after 1947. History The festival has been held regularly since 1947 as an eve ...

(WFYS) was held from 28 July to 5 August 1973 in

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, capital city of the then

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. The city hosted the festival for the second time, which was participated by 30,000 young people representing 140 countries under the motto "For Anti-Imperialist Solidarity, Peace and Friendship".

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