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- Gangdong Prehistoric Culture Festival
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With the purpose of promoting the value of Seoul's Amsa-dong Prehistoric site (National Historic Site, No. 267), the largest village-sized site among the remains of the Neolithic age in Korea, we hold a festival every autumn.
Gangdong Prehistoric Culture Festival, where the prehistoric era is restored with the power of imagination of modern society, is an opportunity to connect ourselves with prehistoric residents.
Since 1996, the festival is being held every October.
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It is a festival featuring Edutainment where people can learn about the Prehistoric era through playing, education, and experience.
We invite you to Prehistoric Culture Festival that is full of things to see and enjoy with its wide range of programs.
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It has become a representative festival many people come to enjoy. Every year, about 400,000 people visit Amsa-dong Prehistoric site in Seoul to enjoy the festival.
Through unique performances and programs during three-day festival, it shows the happy daily life of prehistoric residents who lived in Amsa-dong Prehistoric site.
- During the festival, You can experience prehistoric era through various cultural programs such as Prehistoric barbecue and Bushcraft program.
You can also enjoy many performances, such as the Prehistoric Idol Festival and the Prehistoric Rock Festival.
In addition, it is available to participate in International academic conferences, Experiential class for the Neolithic archaeology.
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The Gangdong Prehistoric Culture Festival, recognized as one of Seoul's best festivals, has been awarded at the Pinnacle Awards, dubbed “the Olympics for festivals,” for four consecutive years since 2014, establishing its status as an international festival.
Now, it surely has become an internationally-renowned festival.
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The festival has been honored with the following awards for six consecutive years: Gold Award in the categories of Best Event Video Promotion and Best Promotional Brochure (and other 3 categories) in 2014; Gold Award in the category of Best Sponsor Gift (and other 2 categories) in 2015; Gold Award in the category of Best Promotional Brochure (and other 2 categories) in 2016; Gold Award in the categories of Best Promotional Brochure and Best Children's Programming in 2017; Gold Award in the categories of Best Promotional Poster and Best New Merchandise in 2018; Silver Award in the categories of Best Miscellaneous Printed Materials and Best Street Banner in 2019.
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With participants increasing exponentially every year, Gangdong Prehistoric Culture Festival has now become truly the most iconic local festival.
Moreover, Gangdong-gu is now promoting to be listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, and to become heritage for not only Koreans but also all of humanity.
By interpreting the cultural values of prehistoric era into education, experiential programs, and art performances, we look forward to Gangdong Prehistoric Culture Festival becoming listed as a UNESCO World Heritage, so that we could make it a festival of the world combining culture and tourism, along with Gangdong taking a bold leap forward towards becoming a sustainable and happy city.
About Gangdong Prehistoric Culture Festival
- Period: 3 days every October
- Location: Seoul Amsa-dong Prehistoric site (875, Olympic-ro, Gangdong-gu, Seoul, Korea)
- Participants: Residents of Gangdong-gu
- Event details: 71 programs in 6 fields (Bushcraft program, Prehistoric Rock Festival, Experiential class for the Neolithic archaeology, etc.)
- Website : http://sunsa.gangdong.go.kr/site/eng/content/Introduction_culture
