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Korea Celebrates 4343rd Anniversary of Mythical Founding of Nation

Every year on October third Korea marks the mythical founding of the nation in 2,333 B.C. by the legendary god-king Dangun .
The holiday is known as "Gaecheonjeol " in Korean meaning "the day when the sky opens".
To mark this occasion, various commemorative events were held throughout the nation including one in at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Seoul with some 3-thousand people attending.
Koreans celebrated over 4-thousand years of the nation's history.... with traditional music and dance performances.
During Monday's event, Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik gave a commemorative speech stressing unity as a key to the nation's growth.
Also re-enactments of symbolic sacrificial rituals were held throughout the nation on Monday afternoon including a mystical ritual performed atop Ganghwa Island's Mani-san near Incheon.
Kim Han-ul, Arirang News.

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