Gwangju Urban Corporation Holds "Joint Memorial Ceremony" for Unclaimed Spirits

About 10 Employees Participate at the Municipal Cemetery

Gwangju Urban Corporation held a "Joint Memorial Ceremony" on the 30th of last month to console the unclaimed spirits enshrined at Yeongnak and Mangwol Cemetery Parks. Provided by Gwangju Urban Corporation

On October 2, Gwangju Urban Corporation announced that it had held a "Joint Memorial Ceremony" on September 30 to console the unclaimed spirits enshrined at the municipal cemeteries, Yeongnak and Mangwol Cemetery Parks.

The Joint Memorial Ceremony is an event to honor the 22,433 unclaimed spirits enshrined at the municipal cemeteries (18,004 at Mangwol and 4,429 at Yeongnak), as well as those enshrined in the spirit storage facilities. The head of the park operations team, which manages the municipal cemetery parks, presided over the ceremony on behalf of bereaved families who could not visit during the holiday period, and about 10 employees participated in the solemn proceedings.

The corporation has continuously held memorial events for the spirits enshrined at the municipal cemeteries during every holiday. This year as well, the corporation prepared a memorial ceremony with the utmost respect for the unclaimed spirits. This underscores the important role that municipal cemeteries play as public spaces for memorial visits.

President Kim Seungnam said, "This memorial ceremony was held to console the souls of unclaimed spirits who have no descendants or whose relatives cannot be found," adding, "We will continue to take good care of the spirits enshrined at the municipal cemeteries and do our best to ensure the convenience of visitors who use the cemeteries."

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