Pyongyang, April 18 (KCNA) -- The Ninth April Spring People's Art Festival, which was opened in Pyongyang on the occasion of the 113th birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung, closed with due ceremony at the Pyongyang Circus Theater on Thursday. Present at the ceremony were Ju Chang Il, department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, officials concerned, participants in the festival and Pyongyang citizens. First, the results of the festival jury were announced. 24 units highly appreciated at the festival were awarded the group prize, 13 works ensemble prize, 14 persons creation prize and 36 persons prize for best acting. Prizes were given with certificates and cups. A letter of loyalty to the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un was adopted. Minister of Culture Sung Jong Gyu, chairman of the festival organizing committee, made a closing address. He said that in the days of the festival, the DPRK people recalled the noble revolutionary career and immortal exploits of President Kim Il Sung and cherished more firmly the conviction that the sacred revolutionary history of the President would be given steady continuity on this land and the future of our highly-civilized thriving country would be rosy under the guidance of Kim Jong Un. Then there was a closing performance given by the units highly appreciated at the festival.
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