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Based on the Korean calendar, North Korean Mid-Autumn Festival. 10 October: Party Foundation Day [9] Founding of the Workers' Party of Korea in 1945. 노동당 창건일: 9th day of 9th lunar month: Jungyangjeol: Based on the Korean calendar. 16 November: Mother's Day [9] [17] A new holiday from 2012 onward honoring all mothers. 18 November ...
The Day of the Sun (Korean: 태양절; MR: T'aeyang-jŏl) is an annual public holiday in North Korea on 15 April, the birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung, founder and Eternal President of North Korea. [2] It is the most important national holiday in the country, [3] and is considered to be the North Korean equivalent of Christmas. [4]
In 2013, Kim Jong Un elevated the holiday to an official status on the North Korean calendar, on par with the Day of the Sun (birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung). Thus it became the holiday associated with Kim Jong Un, with his own birthday still missing from the official calendar. This has helped to further Kim Jong Un's charismatic rule. [2]
For instance, a 10-year-old servant would eat ten Songpyeon. In Euiryong-gun, Yangsan-gun, or Gyungsangnam-do, the day was regarded as a coming-of-age day. The festival is no longer celebrated after the abolition of the Meoseum system in Korea, and it is even rare to see a person remembering the festival. Yongdeungje
Pages in category "Festivals in North Korea" ... Pyongyang International Film Festival; W. 13th World Festival of Youth and Students This page was ...
Soviet stamp promoting the 13th World Festival of Youth and Students. The 13th World Festival of Youth and Students (WFYS) was held from 1–8 July 1989 in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, and was organized by the World Federation of Democratic Youth.
Arirang Festival mass games display in Pyongyang. Mass games, such as the Arirang Mass Games, are performed annually in North Korea, at the Rungrado May Day Stadium, to celebrate national holidays such as the birthdays of former rulers Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il. In the 1990s, they were also held at the Kim Il-sung Stadium and the Pyongyang ...
Liberation Day poster in Pyongyang, North Korea. In North Korea, it is typical to schedule weddings on the holiday. [9] [10] The holiday is often celebrated with a military parade on Kim Il Sung Square on jubilee years (ex: 25th, 40th, 50th, 60th, 70th anniversaries) with the attendance of the Chairman of the State Affairs Commission and ...