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title: 'Arirang Mass Games: Sangmo nori ribbon-hat dance, May Day Stadium, Pyongyang (photographed 2008)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/arirang-mass-games-sangmo-nori-2008/
description: 'A photograph from the Arirang Mass Games, May Day Stadium, Pyongyang, 26 September 2008: dancers in green jackets and red caps whirl long white ribbons…'
section: Collection
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# Arirang Mass Games: Sangmo nori ribbon-hat dance, May Day Stadium, Pyongyang (photographed 2008)

A photograph from the Arirang Mass Games, May Day Stadium, Pyongyang, 26 September 2008: dancers in green jackets and red caps whirl long white ribbons from their hats in the sangmo nori folk dance. No slogan or portrait appears; the tell is the format. Folk tradition is staged as mass choreography in which individuals move as one body, the same identity-fusion device the spectacle uses elsewhere with leader portraits and the flag.

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