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DPRK holds huge outdoor dancing party for May Day celebration

Xinhua, May 1, 2015 Adjust font size:

A huge dancing party involving students, workers and foreign tourists took place Friday evening at the Kim Il Sung Square in central Pyongyang of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) for May Day celebration.

Tens of thousands of young people, men dressed in suits and women in traditional Korean costumes participated in the one-hour outdoor dancing party.

Half an hour after the party started, all the tourists on the bleachers coming from China, Europe and the United States and so on were invited to join the parade, and dance hand-in-hand with the DPRK youngsters.

Thousands of foreign visitors took part in the event. They had a good time dancing, laughing and taking pictures on the square. Most of them were on their first visit to the country, saying it was like a big welcome party for them.

Qian Kejia, a sophomore majoring in journalism from the Renmin University of China, said the impression the country has given her is much better than she had expected.

"The DPRK is a bit mysterious country and there is not so much information about it, so I decided to come and see it by myself," she told Xinhua. She said one of her fellow students visited the DPRK, which has aroused her interest in visiting the country.

In the daytime, Pyongyang families went out for picnics and hiked around mountains on the outskirts of the capital city. They had Korean-style barbecue, drank beer and enjoyed various kinds of snacks and cold dishes.

Grannies wearing colorful traditional apparel frankly expressed their happiness and their love for the leaders of the country through singing and dancing at their best. They even asked foreign visitors to take more videos of them singing the songs to leave a great memory in here.

May Day is one of the national holidays in the DPRK, when people usually have one or two days off. This year they have a one-day holiday on Friday and need to go back to work on Saturday. Still they can enjoy another one day off on Sunday before a new week starts. Endi