National Mourning and Condolences for Widespread Flood Damage

The Muan County Festival Promotion Committee (Chairman Park Mun-jae) announced on the 19th that the 26th Muan Lotus Festival, originally scheduled from the 20th to the 23rd, will be significantly scaled down to an almost complete cancellation.

The Muan County Festival Promotion Committee held an emergency meeting and decided to significantly scale down the Lotus Festival, effectively canceling the event.
[Photo provided by Muan County]

Due to widespread casualties and property damage caused by heavy rain nationwide, and with disaster recovery still underway, all citizen participation events such as the opening and closing ceremonies, performances, and the county residents' singing contest will be fully canceled to share the pain of the victims and bereaved families affected by the flood. Only the agricultural specialty product sales booths and experience events will be operated.

Park Mun-jae, chairman of the Muan County Festival Promotion Committee, said, "This decision was made after an emergency meeting of the festival promotion committee on the 19th to discuss whether to hold the festival," adding, "We ask for the understanding of county residents and tourists, considering this unavoidable decision in response to the disaster situation."

Muan = Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Oh Hwan-joo just8440@asiae.co.kr

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