North Korea
| North Korea - Mass Games | Mongolia
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I attended North Korea's Mass Games in August 2011. They are a stunning surreal experience. They include everything from nationalistic fervor to comedy to a vision of Korean unification. I attended two performances, but I've arranged my photos in one narrative series.
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| The Custom-built Mass Games Stadium |
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| Pre-games warmup. |
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| Initial deployment. |
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| Birth of the Korean Nation. |
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| Korean Communist emblem: Hammer, Pen & Sickle. |
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| Tomatoes(?) roll down the flip-card array. |
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| Fruits of Prosperity |
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| (Some of the younger fruits needed a little help in the rain.) |
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| Happy Pigs and Flying Fish |
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| Tae Kwon Do (historical) |
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| Quick change to Tae Kwon Do today |
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| Birth of Kim Jong Il in log cabin |
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| A Vision of Joyful Reunification |
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| Chinese-Korean Friendship |
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| A Unified Korea in a Peaceful World |
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| Flip-card team after the show. |
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North Korea
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