Hwaseong City Holds 'Indigenous Specialty Festival' Evaluation Report Meeting

The Hwaseong City Indigenous Specialty Festival, organized to establish village identity and create a festival enjoyed by all local residents, held an evaluation report meeting on the 27th.

Beginning as a small village festival in 2007, the Indigenous Specialty Festival was held this year in a total of seven regions: Kkeurim and Ulreum in Bongdam-eup, Balan Stream Ecological Culture Festival, Maesong-myeon Chilbo Love Culture Festival, Bibong-myeon Bibong Land Ecological Culture Festival, Jangan-myeon Harmonious Great Unity Cultural Festival, Yanggam-myeon Resistance Army Festival, and Namyang-dong Bongson Festival.

The most distinctive feature of Hwaseong City's Indigenous Specialty Festival is that it is planned and carried out by the residents themselves.

For this reason, the Indigenous Specialty Festival preserves local character better than other uniform events and is conducted as a festival in which local residents themselves participate and enjoy.

The evaluation report meeting on this day was also presented directly by local residents.

A city official stated, "The entire process from festival planning to implementation, results reporting, and evaluation is created by the residents conducting the festival, making the process itself an educational course for developing into festival experts." He added, "In particular, a festival workshop held in August with village residents in charge of the Indigenous Specialty was of great help in overcoming issues with the festival's direction and operations."