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▲This photo, provided by Gimhae, shows the family pottery making event. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
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▲This photo, provided by Gimhae, shows the fire making event. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
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| ▲This photo, provided by Gimhae shows the poster of 27th Gimhae Buncheong Ware Festival. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
SEOUL, October 31 (Yonhap) -- Gimhae-si, Gyeongnam announced on Monday that 42,000 people attended the 27th Gimhae Buncheong Ware Festival, held from October 21 to October 30.
The city of Gimhae counted the number of visitors by the staff at the entrance to the festival exhibition hall.
Porcelain worth 530 million won was sold for ten days, helping local potters.
The city of Gimhae canceled the closing ceremony of the festival, considering that it was a period of national mourning for the Itaewon tragedy.
Gimhae is the hometown of pottery.
Many ceramics were produced in Gimhae starting from Gaya to the Joseon Dynasty,
The theme of this year's festival is "Buncheong, the pottery that King Sejong loved."
58 pottery companies from Gimhae City participated in the festival, exhibiting and selling their Buncheong ceramics, each with their own unique characteristics.
Various family events were also held to enrich the festival, such as the "Plating Contest," which competes for the skill of plating food on pottery and plates, the "Porcelain Tableware Exhibition," which displays various tableware, making a fire in a traditional kiln, spinning a wheel, family pottery making, and build a higher tower of soil.
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Dowon Kim.)
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