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.
- Date
- September 26, 2008
- Period
- Contemporary
- Made by
- Arirang Mass Games organisers (DPRK state spectacle, Pyongyang)
- Region
- East Asia
- Country
- North Korea
- Medium
- Photograph
- Issuer type
- State
- Leader
- Kim Jong Il
- Audience
- Mixed
- Purpose
- Commemorate
- Techniques
- Identity fusion
- Leader
- Kim Jong Un
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Openly licensed (CC BY-SA 3.0, per Wikimedia Commons)
Shih-Tung (Picasa), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
