calendar>>September 8. 2013 Juche 102
Extravaganza "Arirang" Marks DPRK's Birthday
Pyongyang, September 8 (KCNA) -- The grand gymnastic and artistic performance "Arirang," Kim Il Sung Prize winner, was given at May Day Stadium here on Sunday in celebration of the 65th birthday of the DPRK.

Among the audience were Kim Yong Nam, Pak Pong Ju and other senior party, state and army officials, the chairperson of a friendly party, deputies to the Supreme People's Assembly, officials of party, armed forces and power organs, social organizations, ministries and national institutions, service personnel of the Korean People's Army and the Korean People's Internal Security Forces, persons of merit, working people in Pyongyang, delegations of Koreans abroad and overseas compatriots and the chief of the Pyongyang Mission of the Anti-Imperialist National Democratic Front.

Foreign diplomatic envoys and representatives of international organizations here, military attaches and their wives and foreign guests were present on invitation.

Extravaganza "Arirang" made a grand epic representation of the century-long history of Juche Korea in which the DPRK has won victories and exalted its honor through gigantic creation and epoch-making changes under the guidance of President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il and the immensely bright future of Kim Jong Un era.

The performers highly praised the immortal feats Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il performed by building a socialist power centered on the popular masses, the first of its kind in the history of the Korean nation spanning five thousand years, and providing a solid foundation for the prosperity of the generations to come.

The performance was a perfect combination of beautiful rhythms, dynamic gymnastics, rich national emotion, and refined artistic representation, ever-changing background, splendid stage decor and peculiar illuminations presented in vast three-dimensional space. It truthfully represented the pride of the Korean people bringing about the renaissance of socialist civilization and building on this land the best thriving nation to be envied by the world people.

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