There are around twelve public holidays in North Korea with the important ones being Kim Il-Sung’s birthday, Kim Jong-Il’s birthday and Independence Day which is the same as the founding of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (9 September). These occasions are very important to those living in North Korea; there are hardly any holidays for religious festivals in the country.
The most important event in North Korea that is worth being a part of is the Mass Games also known as Arirang Performance, where participants of all age groups and from different walks of life come together in huge numbers and perform extremely skilled forms of gymnastics. It is a very colourful presentation which is famous world over, and the heads of several states of the world have come to watch it at different points of time.
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