calendar>>April 11. 2015 Juche 104
National Calligraphy Festival Opens
Pyongyang, April 11 (KCNA) -- A national calligraphy festival was opened with due ceremony at the Pyongyang International House of Culture on Friday on the occasion of the birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung.

Seen at the venue of the festival is acryl painting "Wishes of All People" depicting tender-hearted Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il.

Displayed at the festival are at least 250 pieces of calligraphic work dealing with their aphorisms, contemporary words, famous compositions and lyric passages written with diverse strokes created by calligraphers and calligraphic enthusiasts in work sites for building a thriving nation.

The Songhwa fine art exhibition was opened that day on the same occasion.

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