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The International Delphic Council (IDC) is a charitable, non-governmental organization (NGO). According to the official website, IDC is the highest authority for all matters regarding the Delphic Games of the modern era

Delphic Games of the modern era

The Delphic Games of the modern era involve presentations, exhibitions, competitions and other activities in six different fields of art . These games unite people of all nations and cultures through their fascination for the arts and have their origins in the ancient Greece.- Historical reference...

, both for youth and for adult. The headquarters of the IDC is in Berlin, Germany.

Historical reference

The Delphic Games of the modern era trace back to the ancient Greece traditional Pythian Games

Pythian Games

The Pythian Games were one of the four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece, a forerunner of the modern Olympic Games, held every four years at the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi....

of Delphi

Delphi

Delphi is both an archaeological site and a modern town in Greece on the south-western spur of Mount Parnassus in the valley of Phocis.In Greek mythology, Delphi was the site of the Delphic oracle, the most important oracle in the classical Greek world, and a major site for the worship of the god...

as a symbol for peace. These Games were between artists and ethnic cultural groups. They took place each year preceding to the Olympic Games. The historic Pythian Games in Delphi can be traced as far back as 2,600 years ago. The spiritual leaders form the Pan-Hellenic to perform what they can, such as wonders, theatre, music, poetry to praise the god Apollo

Apollo

Apollo is one of the most important and complex of the Olympian deities in Greek and Roman mythology...

of wonderful light, the symbol of the Oracle of Delphi

Pythia

The Pythia , commonly known as the Oracle of Delphi, was the priestess at the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, located on the slopes of Mount Parnassus. The Pythia was widely credited for her prophecies inspired by Apollo. The Delphic oracle was established in the 8th century BC...

. The Pythian Games were one of the four Panhellenic Games

Panhellenic Games

Panhellenic Games is the collective term for four separate sports festivals held in ancient Greece. The four Games were:-Description:The Games took place in a four-year cycle known as the Olympiad, which was one of the ways the Greeks measured time...

, a forerunner of the modern Olympic Games

Olympic Games

The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

, held every four years at the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi.

After the revival of the Olympic Games

Olympic Games

at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin from 1912 to 1948 were held in different countries around the world Art competitions at the Olympic Games

Art competitions at the Olympic Games

Art competitions formed part of the modern Olympic Games during its early years, from 1912 to 1952. The competitions were part of the original intention of the Olympic Movement's founder, Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin...

. Competitions in various forms of art were thematically related exclusively to the sport.

Also in the first half of the 20th century, there was a move to revive the Pythian Games at Delphi again, thanks to the initiative by the Greek poet Angelos Sikelianos

Angelos Sikelianos

Angelos Sikelianos was a Greek lyric poet and playwright. He wrote on national history, religious symbolism, and universal harmony in poems such as The Light-Shadowed, Prologue to Life, Mother of God, and Delphic Utterance...

. In 1927, the Delphic Festival was held for the first time, but the revival was then abandoned due to the excessive costs of organizing it, but at the present time there are in Delphi annually summer Delphic Festivals, focused largely on tourists.

Founding of the international Delphic organization

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Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

during the preparation for the Founding of the IDC
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Melina Mercouri

Melina Mercouri , born as Maria Amalia Mercouri was a Greek actress, singer and politician.As an actress she made her film debut in Stella and met international success with her performances in Never on Sunday, Phaedra, Topkapi and Promise at Dawn...

, Greek Minister of Culture, 1989
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Tzannis Tzannetakis

Tzannis Tzannetakis was a Greek politician who was briefly Prime Minister of Greece during the political crisis of 1989.-Biography:Tzannetakis was born in Gytheio in the region of Mani in 1927...

, Greek Minister of Culture, 1990
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The International Delphic Council (IDC) was founded in 1994 – 100 years after formation of the International Olympic Committee

International Olympic Committee

The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...

. The founder Mr. J. Christian B. Kirsch invited people from eighteen Nations of five continents to Berlin to the founding congress in Schönhausen Palace

Schönhausen Palace

Schönhausen Palace is a Baroque palace at Niederschönhausen, in Berlin's borough of Pankow. It is surrounded by gardens through which the Panke river runs...

aiming to revive the Delphic Games and providing a unique forum for worldwide arts and culture. The founding countries were Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

, Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

, China

China

Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

, Cyprus

Cyprus

Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...

, Ecuador

Ecuador

Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...

, France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

, Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...

, Libya

Libya

Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....

, Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein

The Principality of Liechtenstein is a doubly landlocked alpine country in Central Europe, bordered by Switzerland to the west and south and by Austria to the east. Its area is just over , and it has an estimated population of 35,000. Its capital is Vaduz. The biggest town is Schaan...

, Lithuania

Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

, Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

, Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

, Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

, Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

, Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

, Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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The symbolics of the International Delphic Movement reminds of the Olympic symbolics. The flag with the Delphic rings that are connected in a circle like a flower, was designed by Christian Kirsch and symbolizes the connection of the six Delphic art categories.
The first president of the IDC was Hon. Mrs. Ebun A. Oyagbola of Nigeria, the General Secretary and Founder is Mr. J. Christian B. Kirsch, Germany and the present President is Mrs. Prof. Divina Bautista, Philippines since 2009 in office.

Following the old Grecian pattern Amphictyonic League

Amphictyonic League

In the Archaic period of ancient Greece, an amphictyony , a "league of neighbors", or Amphictyonic League was an ancient association of Greek tribes formed in the dim past, before the rise of the Greek polis...

, the IDC Executive Board received since 2001 the same name - Amphictyony. The Board is elected for two years by the General Assembly of the IDC. On the IX. Session of the IDC in Jeju, Korea, the current Executive Board (Amphictyony) was elected.

The International Delphic Council has also Delphic Ambassadors, including famous people like Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, and was the first South African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing...

(South Africa), Lothar de Maizière

Lothar de Maizière

Lothar de Maizière is a German christian democratic politician. In 1990, he served as the only democratically elected Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic, and as such was the last leader of an independent East Germany....

(Germany).

Just as for the International Olympic Committee

International Olympic Committee

The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...

, the private sector is for the International Delphic Council the only source of financing. One can not say that large sponsors immediately expressed their willingness to support this new initiative. That is the reason why the host country of the Delphic Games is not just looking for private sponsors, but in addition depends on the financial governmental support.

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Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

(1996 — 2007)
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Founding of the national Delphic organizations

The International Delphic Council (IDC) is the co-ordinator and chief executive body of the worldwide Delphic Network. The member countries will establish national Delphic organisations (council, committee, association, union, etc.) which will coordinate with the IDC to promote and organize the Delphic Games. They receive from the IDC, the confirmation of admission after the official registration in the country. There are most important requirements in two statutes - both national and international organizations - for successful cooperation.

After 1994, these countries Belarus

Belarus

Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

, Deutschland

Deutschland

Deutschland is the German language word for Germany.Deutschland may also refer to:, a blockade-breaking German cargo submarine used during World War I, first of the 1930s Panzerschiffe , later renamed Lützow; involved in the 1937 Deutschland incident, a steamship wrecked in 1875 and commemorated in...

, Georgia (country)

Georgia (country)

Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...

, Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

, China

China

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

, Nigeria

Nigeria

, Philippines

Philippines

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

and USA were in the establishment of the National Delphic organizations particularly active. The first regional Youth Delphic Games were held in Georgia, Albania and Russia.

The National Delphic organizations design their own logo, which includes some of the IDC-symbolics. In preparation of the national qualifications specially designed logos of these national games, which are endorsed by IDC.

The decision on the venue of the next Delphic Games will be taken by vote of the members of the IDC Board at an extraordinary meeting.

The national Delphic organization of the host country together with IDC prepare for holding Delphic Games. This initiative has received many greetings from around the world, among other from Yehudi Menuhin

Yehudi Menuhin

Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, OM, KBE was a Russian Jewish American violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in the United Kingdom. He was born to Russian Jewish parents in the United States, but became a citizen of Switzerland in 1970, and of the United Kingdom in 1985...

and Elena Obraztsova

Elena Obraztsova

Elena Vasiliyevna Obraztsova is a Russian mezzo-soprano, widely recognised as one of the greatest opera singers of all time, thanks to her outstanding stage presence and the vocal abilities....

und so weiter.

The National Delphic organizations of host countries produce after meeting with the IDC thematic posters, brochures, stamps and other products that are dedicated to the Delphic Games and the IDC Congress. The host country for the event can get support from international organizations and by its Parliament or the government.

If possible, the National Delphic organizations are opening their official websites.

IDC and NDC Russia

The National Delphic Council of Russia (NDC Russia) held its founding in December 1998, at conference in Kursk, where Secretary General of the IDC Christian Kirsch participated. 19 March 1999 was NDC Russia at the Ministry of Justice registered, and soon afterwards officially recorded in the International Delphic Council recorded, according to IDC-status.

26 June 2000, the Head of NDC Russia V.Ponyavin turned to the Secretary General of the IDC C. Kirsch, with the request, the first Delphic Games for adult in Moscow from 1 to 10 December 2000 let to hold.

Later, however, has the NDC Russia from the International Delphic Council separated, and now Russian websites and Pressa claim, the Delphic idea would be revived in 2000 by Russians.

Despite the withdrawal of the National Delphic Council from the International Delphic Council, the Russian delegations took part in the International Delphic Games in 2007 and 2009. This confirm also the illustrated Delphic calendars.

Chronology of the International Delphic Games

The IDC, organize Adult and Junior Delphic Games every four years, two years apart from each other in different countries – the countries having interest to host the games are urge to bid for and it is being decided by the IDC Board Members which comprise of eleven people.

The Delphic Games is in six Delphic Art Categories, and it is under the patronage of International Institutions - the Council of Europe

Council of Europe

The Council of Europe is an international organisation promoting co-operation between all countries of Europe in the areas of legal standards, human rights, democratic development, the rule of law and cultural co-operation...

, UNESCO

UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...

and ASEAN states.

Since 1997 six international Delphic Games has been organized - three for adult and three for junior.

Year	Event	Location	Theme
1997	the first Junior Delphic Games	Tbilisi / Georgia Tbilisi Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...	A Day of Dreams
2000	the first Delphic Games	Moscow / Russia Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...	The New Mellenium
2003	the second Junior Delphic Games	Düsseldorf / Germany Düsseldorf Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...	Creativity & Peace
2005	the second Delphic Games	Kuching / Malaysia Kuching Kuching , officially the City of Kuching, and formerly the City of Sarawak, is the capital and most populous city of the East Malaysian state of Sarawak. It is the largest city on the island of Borneo, and the fourth largest city in Malaysia....	Revitalising Endangered Traditions
2007	the third Junior Delphic Games	Baguio City / Philippines Baguio City The City of Baguio is a highly urbanized city in northern Luzon in the Philippines. Baguio City was established by Americans in 1900 at the site of an Ibaloi village known as Kafagway...	Bridging Arts & Culture for our Children's Future
2009	the third Delphic Games	Jeju-si / South Korea	In Tune with Nature
2011	the fourth Junior Delphic Games	Johannesburg / South Africa Johannesburg Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...	Provoke, Innovate, Inspire

Delphic ritual

To the 15th Anniversary of the International Delphic Council (1994–2009) the appearance of a new Delphic ritual was proposed. With water ceremony from the Castalian Spring

Castalian Spring

The Castalian Spring, in the ravine between the Phaedriades at Delphi, is where all visitors to Delphi — the contestants in the Pythian Games, and especially suppliants who came to consult the Delphic Oracle — stopped to wash their hair; and where Roman poets came to receive poetic...

at Delphi

Delphi

the IDC presents this Holy Water ritual to the hosting country of Delphic Games.

At the opening ceremony of the III Delphic Games 2009 in Jeju , Kim Tae-hwan, Jeju Governor and prominent actress Ko Doo-sim, the cultural ambassador of the Jeju Delphic, exhibited a combining ritual in which two waters ― from the Castalian Spring

Castalian Spring

and from the lake on the peak of Mount Hallasan

Hallasan

Hallasan is a shield volcano on Jeju Island of South Korea. Hallasan is the highest mountain of South Korea. The area around the mountain is a designated national park, the Hallasan National Park...

― were mixed together to celebrate a successful opening.

In the future – six months prior to the Games
– a Kastalian Spring Water Ceremony will symbolise
the count down till the Opening next Delphic Games.

Events

On 14 March 2010 the International Delphic Council has organised the celebration of the Delphic Games during the Grand Finale Show at the ITB Berlin, the world's biggest and most important exhibition in tourism. There was the Feast of Delphic Games under the motto: «Arts and Culture - an experience for all senses».
This event corresponds to the UNESCO initiative: «2010 - International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures».

In a relaxed atmosphere all visitors and exhibitors had the chance to enjoy the Feast of Delphic Games at the Grand Finale Show of ITB Berlin 2010.
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In addition to the celebration of the Delphic Games for the ITB Berlin in 2011, an international contest for short documentaries - the Delphic Art Movie Award 2011 - is scheduled. This was intiated by the International Delphic Council.

Format of the modern Delphic Games

Delphic arts and culture categories

The International Delphic Council (IDC) and the hosting nations National Delphic Council (NDC) meet together and choose the disciplines out if the Delphic arts categories as presentation programme for the Games.

Acoustic Arts (i.e. Singing, instrumental, electronic sounds ...)

Performing Arts (i.e. Dance, theater, circus ...)

Lingual Arts (i.e. Literature, lectures, moderation ...)

Visual Arts (i.e. Painting/graphics, sculpture/installation, photography/film, architecture, design, fashion, handicraft ...)

Social Arts (i.e. Communication, internet, media, pedagogic, didactic ...)

Ecological Arts (i.e. Landscape and city planning, preservation and conservation of nature, buildings, memorials and monuments ...)

Jury

The competitors presents and demonstrate their work traditionally or modern arts to make the programme attractive. The independent experts served as Judges to decide for professional work and take decision for the best price award. The Judges are specialist like art teachers, professional artist and prominent persons.

Prize and award

The most important elements of the Games are artistic competitions the presentations and exhibitions. Exceptional artists will be honoured with special awards of the International Delphic Games such as:

Delphic Medals Award - gold, silver and bronze for comparable Delphic art categories.

Delphic Lyre Award - exceptional artistic individual performance as a part of a larger synthesis of the arts

Delphic Laurel Award - for outstanding and incomparable artistic performances

Delphic Certificate - for all active participants of the Delphic Junior Games and of the Delphic Games for adults

Videos

External links

International Press

1988 год, К. И. Якубович. Небывало! Невиданно! Здорово! * IDC * International * Delphic * Committee * проект века. //«Российская Музыкальная Газета» ежемесячное издание Союза композиторов РСФСР,№ 9.
24 января 1989, Е. Бовкун. Господин Кирш ждет ответа. //«Известия», Москва, № 25 (22563),
1. März 1991, Franz Anton. Ein Jahr der Delphischen Spiele. «Sachsen Spiegel», Nr.9.
3. Mai 1993, Griechenland braucht die Delphischen Spiele. «Athener Zeitung», Nr. 18.
16. Dezember 1994, Delphische Spiele als Reflexion ihrer Zeit. «Athener Zeitung», Nr. 55.
08 августа 1995, Владимир Кузнецов. Возрождение Дельфийских игр. //«Санкт-Петербургские Ведомости», Санкт-Петербург, № 148 (1076).
January 27, 1995, The second coming of Delphic Games. «Daily Times», Nr. 20.
08 августа 1995, Владимир Кузнецов. Возрождение Дельфийских игр. //«Санкт-Петербургские Ведомости», Санкт-Петербург, № 148 (1076).
11. August 1995, Von Cornelia Krüger. Traum von einer Olympiade der Kunst. «Mitteldeutsche Zeitung», Nr.186.
10–17 January 1995, Oyagbola heads Delphic Games, Lagos Horizon
21.01.1995, Nigeria to host Delphic culture games, Saturday champion
Jan./Febr.2000, Engagement für Delphische Spiele, Diplomatisches Magazin
Juni 2001, International Delphic Council, Diplomatisches Magazin
10.02.2003, Spreading The Canvas: Here Comes Indian Culture, HT City
30.August 2003, «Neue Impulse an die Gesellschaft geben». Verleihung des Innovationspreises auf der Museuminsel Hombroich: Drei Preisträger bewegen mit ihren Erfindungen die Menschen. Die Träger des Innovationspreises 2003: Richard Breuer, Professor Fritz Popp, Christian Kirsch und Moderator Hans Georg Torkel. «Neuss- Grevenbroicher Zeitung», Nr.201.
16.06.2005, Kuching to host arts olympics, The Star
21.06.2005, Extending Invitation, Sarawak Tribune
03.09.2005, International Delphic Games 2005 launched, Sarawak Tribune
05.09.2005, Deputy Governor wants 4th Delphic Games in S. Korea, The Borneo Post
09.09.2005, We will help but be transparent, says government, The Borneo Post
26.09.2005, Koreans made great effort at the Delphic Games, Outlook (Sarawak Tribune)

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