Ninth Kimjongilia Festival under Preparation
Korean Central News Agency of DPRK
Pyongyang, January 27 (KCNA) -- Preparations for the 9th Kimjongilia Festival are going on at full swing in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to celebrate the birthday of leader Kim Jong Il, February 16.
The grand festival has been held in Pyongyang from 1997 as an annual event.
A Japanese horticulturist Motoderu Kamo named the flower, one of the most beautiful flowers, after Kim Jong Il, whom he was deeply revering. He sent pots of the flower to the first and second rounds of the festival.
More than 64,000 Kimjongilia pots were exhibited in the eight rounds. Among the exhibitors were overseas Koreans and foreigners.
The number of visitors to the festival has increased year after year. Last year it was visited by nearly a million people including senior officials of the Party, state and army, working people of various social strata and more than a hundred overseas Korean and foreign delegations.
The Korean Kimilsungia-Kimjongilia Committee is busy with the preparation for the forthcoming round.
State commissions, ministries, national institutions, People's Army units and many organizations and individuals in Pyongyang and local areas are tending Kimjongilia with care for the festival.
Kimilsungia-Kimjongilia greenhouses have grown in number across the country. In recent years alone some 230 greenhouses have been built.
Dr. Kim Ryong Bong, a department director of the Korean Kimilsungia-Kimjongilia Committee, told KCNA that this year the national festival will be held on a larger scale than the previous ones and an exhibition in each province.
Preparations are also being made for successful opening and closing ceremonies and the festival venue is being decorated.
Festival posters, diploma and cups are being made at the final stage along with the work to ensure all conveniences for the visitors.
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