Goseong-gun, 18 Years of Tradition ... Neighbor Love Kimchi Sharing Festival a Great Success

A 3-Day Grand Festival of Neighborly Love with 970 Volunteers' Warmth

The 18th Neighborly Love Kimchi-Making Sharing Festival, established as a traditional festival in Goseong-gun, Gyeongnam, was a great success.

Goseong-gun Neighborly Love Kimchi Sharing Festival a Great Success.

This festival was an event that brought together the warm hearts and sincerity of the residents of Goseong-gun, unfolding passionately through the dedication of volunteers despite the cold winter wind.

Held from November 30 to December 2 at the Goseong-gun Sports Complex circular road, this festival is a traditional Korean kimchi-making event to prepare for the long winter. Over three days, 78 organizations and about 970 volunteers participated. Despite the cold weather, the volunteers gathered their warm energy to produce 2,000 boxes of kimchi, each packed in 5kg portions, using 8,000 heads of napa cabbage. This kimchi was distributed to approximately 2,000 low-income households within Goseong-gun.

The Neighborly Love Kimchi-Making Sharing Festival, held over three days in Goseong-gun, is a unique event nationwide. Thanks to the positive influence of about 970 volunteers who voluntarily applied to participate in the kimchi festival, 2,000 boxes of kimchi were quickly produced.

Since its inception in 2007, the Goseong-gun Neighborly Love Kimchi-Making Sharing Festival has continued annually for 18 years, except in 2021 (the 15th festival), when kimchi was purchased and distributed due to COVID-19. The kimchi festival has become Goseong-gun’s representative winter festival, and the residents take great pride in this meaningful event.

County Governor Sang-geun Lee expressed his encouragement, saying, “The 18th Neighborly Love Kimchi Festival is a proud traditional festival of neighborly love in our county. I thank all the officials who have meticulously prepared for this long journey of over 90 days. I also express my respect and gratitude for the positive influence of the approximately 970 volunteers participating in the festival, which maintains and develops a healthy community in Goseong-gun.”

Kim Seong-jin, chairman of the local community welfare council, said, “I was happy to feel the passion and effort of Goseong-gun volunteers on site through the Kimchi-Making Sharing Festival. I hope that the kimchi made together by the volunteers will be delivered to neighbors in the community so they can have at least a warm winter.”

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