Ladies in Formation – North Korean Marching Practice
Women getting ready for the Arirang Mass Games? Marching and in formation under the Juche Tower, DPRK, North Korea. Ray Cunningham gave me a better explanation of what is going on in these pictures, “Generally these are practices for holiday parades such as National Day 11 September or Party Day 10 October. This would probably be the National Day parade – I heard it but was kept away. There is always something going on in Kim Il-sung square or by the tower practicing for something. What is rarer is for the guides not to freak when you are in the middle of the practice. Love this one.”
The above picture is a crop and edit of my header pic, it also happens to be yesterday’s most viewed North Korea pic from my Flickr account.
The unedited and uncropped version above, more related photos below.
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It’s weird, even as a woman, when I think of soldiers in North Korea I never woud have thought of a line of women! Don’t know why, silly really, but it’s great to see the photographic evidence!!
November 20, 2011 at 1:18 pm
Women soldiers and women in uniform (a military like uniform does not mean they are military -they could be a guide) were to be seen everywhere.
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November 20, 2011 at 6:41 pm