Documenting 60 Years of Gimhae Gaya Cultural Festival in a White Paper

Jejeonwi Publishes 60-Year History

The white paper documenting 60 years of the Gaya Cultural Festival, a representative festival of Gimhae, Gyeongnam, has been published.

The Gaya Cultural Festival Organizing Committee announced on the 12th that they produced the 60-year history of the Gaya Cultural Festival to help citizens properly understand the identity of the festival.

To create the white paper, the committee collected festival-related materials from Gimhae citizens and the media starting from October of last year.

60 Years of Gaya Culture Festival.
[Photo by Gimhae City Hall, Gyeongnam]

According to the committee, the white paper is 400 pages long and records the festival’s growth over time since 1962 through photos, articles, and stories reflecting changes in the era.

It includes ▲Gaya history and relics ▲origins and history of the festival ▲60 years of the festival through photos ▲the festival as viewed by the media ▲past festival posters and the organizing committee’s structure, allowing readers to grasp the festival’s history at a glance.

Ryu Dong-cheol, the chairperson of the organizing committee, said, “We hope this white paper will serve as a turning point that summarizes the past 60 years of the Gaya Cultural Festival and explores the direction for the next 60 years. We also ask for continued interest and support for the Gaya Cultural Festival, and we will do our best together with Gimhae City to repay that support.”

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