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SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Yonhap) —Gimhae city with more than 20,000 foreigners, is holding their first World Food Festival.
The 2022 World Food Festival has begun on Saturday at Dongsang Market in Gimhae.
The festival is taking place this year after winning in a competition to foster a Gyeongnam specialized market by Gyeongnam Province.
More than 20,000 foreigners from 70 different countries and Koreans with foreign citizenship live in Gimhae.
Among the 18 local governments in Gyeongnam, it has the most number of foreigners.
Dongsang county in Gimhae is where foreign restaurants and stores for foreigners, centered around Dongsang Market, are concentrated.
Festival for everyone of all ages and citizens, tourists and foreigners will take place until Sunday; a global food culture cooking contest. a noodle cooking contest for young chefs aged from 19 to 39 years old, a cooking class hosted by a well-known chef, and a busking performance.
A variety of events such as world food tastings, which provide free main dishes from countries such as Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand, Nepal and China, and making ceramics, postcards, diaries, and mini cookies, will also take place.
The Dongsang Market and the Dongsang Market Youth Mall will exchange 5,000 won worth of Onnuri gift cards for shopping receipts to customers who purchase more than 20,000 won on the day of the festival.
Additionally, events such as taking photos of five or more places around the market and posting them on social media to receive a souvenir, potato and sweet potato weighing event, and a surprise auction event will occur to enrich the festival.
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Jiwon Woo.)
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