The 25th Gangdong Prehistoric Culture Festival Opens

Lighting at 6 Prehistoric Sites Including Seoul Amsa-dong Ruins, Gangdong-gu Office YouTube Live Broadcast... 'Light of Hope' to Overcome COVID-19... Online and Contactless Festival Until the 11th

Opening Declaration

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Gangdong-gu (Mayor Lee Jeong-hoon) opened the curtain on the on-tact ‘25th Gangdong Prehistoric Culture Festival,’ held from the 5th to the 11th, with the ‘Prehistoric Light Street Lighting Ceremony’ at 7 p.m. on the 5th.

The Prehistoric Light Street was decorated with LED-made ‘light huts’ and lanterns shaped like comb-patterned pottery and fish made of hanji paper. The main venue was in front of the Somang Umteo at the Amsa-dong archaeological site in Seoul, with additional installations at six locations: in front of Sangil-dong Station at the Godeok Gracium shopping complex, Homeplus Gangdong branch, Hyundai Department Store Cheonho branch, Gangdong-gu Office Open Yard, and Iljasan Lawn Plaza.

At the lighting ceremony, broadcaster Kim Seung-hyun hosted the event, and Korean dancer Seok Ye-bin performed a grand and beautiful dance themed ‘Light of the Prehistoric Era.’

Next, following the opening declaration of the festival by Mayor Lee Jeong-hoon of Gangdong-gu, the lighting was simultaneously turned on at the six Prehistoric Light Street locations, symbolizing the gathering of residents’ hopeful messages into one. At each light street, wish cards and ribbons expressing hopes for the end of COVID-19 and residents’ wishes were hung. To prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), fewer than 50 people attended each location, with only the minimum necessary personnel present.

The Prehistoric Light Street will continue to shine a light of hope on the city and residents’ hearts, which have been depressed due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, until the last day of the festival.

Mayor Lee Jeong-hoon of Gangdong-gu said, “The Gangdong Prehistoric Culture Festival is the only festival in Seoul themed around the prehistoric era, offering a unique opportunity to feel the history and breath of Neolithic people from 6,000 years ago. Although we could not invite residents to the site due to COVID-19 and held the festival as an on-tact event, I hope everyone can enjoy it together online and remotely, and find some healing by soothing their tired hearts through the Prehistoric Light Streets set up throughout Gangdong-gu.”

Prehistoric Light Street Lighting Ceremony

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