Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Enjoys Circus of National Acrobatic Troupe Celebrating 81st Anniversary of National Liberation

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Enjoys Circus of National Acrobatic Troupe Celebrating 81st Anniversary of National Liberation

Pyongyang, August 17 (KCNA) -- A circus of the National Acrobatic Troupe celebrating the 81st anniversary of national liberation was given at the Pyongyang Circus Theatre on August 16, amid joy and excitement of the people in the DPRK greeting the significant day when their great motherland newly emerged with pride.

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, enjoyed the performance.

When Comrade Kim Jong Un appeared in the auditorium amid the playing of welcome music, the participants raised stormy cheers of "Hurrah!"

On the occasion of the 81st anniversary of national liberation, Comrade Kim Jong Un extended warm congratulations to all the people and the servicepersons who are creating a new era of comprehensive development with boundless love for their precious and sacred country and confidence and optimism about their cause.

Among the audience were members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee and other senior Party and government officials, children of anti-Japanese revolutionary martyrs and anti-Japanese patriotic martyrs, teaching staff and students of revolutionary schools, officials of ministries and national agencies and armed forces organs, and officials and labor innovators of industrial establishments and youth and students in Pyongyang.

The national anthem of the DPRK was played.

Put on the stage were colorful numbers including physical acrobatics "Wire-rope Walking" and "Fly Higher" which won top prizes at international circus festivals.

The elegant folk acrobatic works and refined numbers of high technique, full of deep emotion and vibrant vitality, showed well the appearance of the DPRK's acrobatic art blooming and developing day by day.

The peculiar pieces given by a juggler familiar with the people made the audience imbued with the world of mysterious jugglery.

The performance was acclaimed by the audience as it drew out excitement, admiration and cheerful laughter.

Expressing great satisfaction over the acrobats' successful performance, Comrade Kim Jong Un warmly congratulated them.

He met creative workers, artistes and officials of the National Acrobatic Troupe who added to joy and optimism on the National Liberation Day through their excellent performance.

Saying that the troupe is an authoritative art organization as it has glorified the honor and prestige of the country while being loved by the people through creation of world-famous acrobatic works and active performance activities for over 70 years, he highly appreciated the merits of the creative workers and artistes of the troupe who have contributed to the development of socialist culture with influence peculiar to the acrobatic art.

Expressing belief and expectation that the creative workers and artistes of the troupe would create and perform more excellent acrobatic pieces, welcomed by the times and the people, by giving full play to their extraordinary creative talents, high skill and patriotic enthusiasm and thus usher in a new heyday of development of the acrobatic art, he had a photo taken with them. -0-