Mass Games

Every year, for two months, North Korea hosts the Airirang Festival Mass Games (commonly called the Mass Games) in honor of the birthday of the late Kim Ill-Sung, the first leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Although they are an chilling symbol of the enforced conformity and limiting ideology of an autocratic regime, they are also a tremendous testament to the capabilities of human beings. Eerie, stunning, disturbing and unbelievable, the Mass Games are an awesome spectacle. In recent years, North Korea has allowed foreign journalists in to witness the ceremonies, thereby offering the world a glimpse at the talent of this isolated country and its people. The video below is by Portuguese travel journalist Luis Filipe Gaspar.

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