Gangwon
Silhyangmin Cultural Festival
실향민문화축제
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Plan your visit
- Dates
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- Venue
- Sokcho Expo Lawn Square
- Address
- Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province Sokcho-si Joyang-dong 1546-1 Sokcho Expo Grass Square
- Admission
- Free (some experience programs are paid)
- Organizer
- Sokcho-si / Sokcho Cultural Foundation
- Operating hours
- 10:00~21:00 (Korean original)
- Program
- 1. Gongsikhaeng-Temple - Joint Memorial Ceremony, Hamsang Ritual, Opening Ceremony/Performance, Closing Ceremony/Performance 2. Meinhaeng-Temple - National Displaced Persons Singing Contest - Displaced Persons Cultural Arts Festival: North Korean Defector Arts Group Performance, Local Artists Performance - Displaced Persons Food Talk Show - Our Neighborhood Artists 3. Cheheomhaeng-Temple - Displaced Persons Culture Tema-Village (Photo Zone, Performance) - Displaced Persons Culture Museum - Northern Region/Sokcho Displaced Persons Food Experience - Local Culture Experience Booth - Refugee Parade Performance - Heir's Kitchen Popup Store - Children's Playground - Children's T-Shirt Drawing
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Festival location
Sokcho Expo Lawn Square
Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province Sokcho-si Joyang-dong 1546-1 Sokcho Expo Grass Square
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About the festival
The Silhyangmin Cultural Festival is the only national festival celebrating the culture of displaced persons who settled in Sokcho after the Korean War, based on the historical and cultural identity formed by these individuals. It operates as a cultural exchange platform where citizens and tourists can empathize and communicate, reinterpreting the lives, memories, and sentiments of the displaced community centered around Abai Village through cultural and artistic content. Particularly, as the aging and generational changes of the first and second generations of displaced persons increase the need for the preservation and inheritance of their culture, the Silhyangmin Cultural Festival is expanding its participation to include the third and fourth generations of displaced persons, general citizens, and North Korean defectors, thereby broadening the meaning of empathy and harmony across generations. This year marks the eleventh edition of the festival, which aims to widely promote the historical significance and value of displaced persons' culture through various programs such as performances, exhibitions, experiences, and academic events, while culturally reinterpreting the meanings of division, reconciliation, memory, and coexistence that Sokcho embodies. It is also an open cultural festival that anyone, including citizens and tourists, can enjoy together.
Source: Korea Tourism Organization · TourAPI · TourAPI 2495286
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