Ligne Construction, Official Sponsor of 'Gwangju Chungjang Parade'

Line Construction announced on the 11th that it officially sponsored the ‘Gwangju Memories of Chungjang Festival,’ a representative festival in the Gwangju area, together with the Line Cultural Foundation.

Now in its 20th year, this event is a representative urban street culture festival involving residents and cultural artists from the Gwangju and Jeonnam regions. Line Construction and the Line Cultural Foundation have been official sponsors for seven years since 2016.

Line Construction supported the ‘Chungjang Parade’ as the title sponsor, sponsoring the national participation parade competition involving residents from 13 neighborhoods and co-sponsoring the awards.

The event featured three sections: a pre-participation parade encouraging citizen participation on-site, a national participation parade competition showcasing dance, theater, martial arts, magic, and more, and the main parade prepared by residents of 13 neighborhoods with the help of professional artists. A total of 32 teams and about 800 participants provided a variety of attractions for the street festival.

After the parade event, 12 teams were selected through judging to receive awards including the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Award (Grand Prize), Gwangju Metropolitan City Mayor’s Award, Dong-gu District Office Chief’s Award, Line Cultural Foundation Chairman’s Award, and Line Construction General President’s Award, with prizes totaling approximately 50 million KRW.

Gong Byeong-tak, General President of Line Construction, said, “We will continue to actively support this event so that it can become a global cultural festival enjoyed by people in Korea and around the world. We will also continue to carry out practical social contribution activities to support the arts and nurture talent with the aim of revitalizing local culture and arts.”

Meanwhile, in addition to sponsoring the Gwangju Memories of Chungjang Festival, Line Construction, together with the Line Cultural Foundation, annually awards scholarships worth hundreds of millions of KRW to outstanding talents in the Gwangju and Jeonnam regions, and continues various social contribution activities such as the Gwangju Art Exhibition, Korean Youth Film Festival, and decorating study rooms for love.

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