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I can't say that I've been to too many flower festivals, but I can definitely say I've never been to one quite like this! The Kimilsungia Kimjongilia Flower Festival is held every year in Pyongyang. The festival name is quite a mouthful, so what is it exactly? Back in April of 1965, President Kim Il Sung visited Indonesia and the Indonesian President Sukarno named a hybrid cultivar orchid after him, the Kimilsungia. The Kimjongilia, a hybrid cultivar of tuberous begonia, was named after President Kim Il Sung's son, General Kim Jong Il by a Japanese florist, Kamo Mototeru on Kim Jong Il's 46th birthday in February of 1988. Ok, glad we got those details out of the way.

North Korean girl poses next to a miniature of the Arch of Reunification (조국통일3대헌장기념탑) at the Kimilsungia Kimjongilia Flower Festival.

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  • Taken: Apr 17, 2012
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  • Updated: Jul 7, 2014