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కమనీయంగా కల్యాణం

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Published : Feb 19, 2019, 10:10 AM IST

వేణుగోపాలుని కల్యాణం

కృష్ణా జిల్లా మొవ్వ వేణుగోపాల స్వామి వార్షిక ఉత్సవాలు సోమవారం రాత్రి ఘనంగా నిర్వహించారు. కల్యాణ మహోత్సవ వేడుక వైభవంగా జరిగింది. ఈ కార్యక్రమానికి ముఖ్య అతిథిగా బెజవాడ దుర్గ ఆలయ ఈవో కోటేశ్వరమ్మ హాజరయ్యారు. అధికార హోదాలో పట్టు వస్త్రాలు సమర్పించారు. కన్నుల పండవగా జరిగిన ఈ వేడుకల్లో భక్తులు అధిక సంఖ్యలో పాల్గొన్నారు.

శోభాయమానంగా శ్రీవేణుగోపాలుని వివాహం
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కృష్ణా జిల్లా మొవ్వ వేణుగోపాల స్వామి వార్షిక ఉత్సవాలు సోమవారం రాత్రి ఘనంగా నిర్వహించారు. కల్యాణ మహోత్సవ వేడుక వైభవంగా జరిగింది. ఈ కార్యక్రమానికి ముఖ్య అతిథిగా బెజవాడ దుర్గ ఆలయ ఈవో కోటేశ్వరమ్మ హాజరయ్యారు. అధికార హోదాలో పట్టు వస్త్రాలు సమర్పించారు. కన్నుల పండవగా జరిగిన ఈ వేడుకల్లో భక్తులు అధిక సంఖ్యలో పాల్గొన్నారు.

శోభాయమానంగా శ్రీవేణుగోపాలుని వివాహం
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Bac Giang - 16 February 2019
1. Wide of memorial for North Korean pilots who died fighting in Vietnam
2. Various of headstones
3. Close of flower
4. Various of veteran Duong Van Dau, caretaker of the memorial site, placing incense and praying
5. Various of incense and memorial with inscription reading (Vietnamese): "Here used to lie 14 North Korean comrades"
6. SOUNDBITE (Vietnamese) Duong Van Dau, caretaker of cemetery:
"Vietnam and North Korea are very close countries, with a long history, especially during the time of Kim Il Sung (founder of North Korea) and Ho Chi Minh (Vietnamese communist leader). The great friendship and consolidation was demonstrated when the North Korean comrades came to Vietnam to fight alongside the Vietnamese. When they died, Vietnamese people treated them the same as Vietnamese martyrs who sacrificed for the country."
7. Headstones
8. Various of Dau placing flowers
9. SOUNDBITE (Vietnamese) Duong Van Dau, caretaker of cemetery:
"For the North Korean pilots who fought to protect our country and died for our country, I salute them. Being a soldier myself, I have great compassion for them. I see them as my comrades, regardless of the nationality."
10. Headstones
11. Various of Dau locking the gate to memorial then leaving on a motorbike
STORYLINE:
When the leaders of the United States and North Korea hold their second summit in Vietnam at the end of this month, it will be difficult to escape the long shadow of the Vietnam War.
During the conflict, the US was Vietnam's enemy, while North Korea was its friend.
In the middle of a rice field in northern Vietnam, 14 headstones remain as a symbol of that friendship.
They mark the former burial grounds of North Korean pilots who died while fighting alongside the Vietnamese against the Americans.
Their story began in 1966 when the Vietnam war escalated to the north.
About 150 members of the North Korean military were sent to an airbase some 70km northeast of Hanoi.
They were there to train local forces and to fly combat missions on Soviet-made Mikoyan MiG jet fighters.
Among the twenty four pilots who participated in flying missions, fourteen were killed over a two-year period.
"When they died, Vietnamese people treated them the same as Vietnamese martyrs who sacrificed for the country," said Duong Van Dau, caretaker of a special cemetery created to house the remains of the North Koreans who died.
A plot of high ground was chosen for the cemetery. All tombs faced north east, in the direction of North Korea.
In 2002, their remains were repatriated to North Korea. But the headstones remain, lined in two rows behind a memorial that reads, in Vietnamese, "Here used to lie 14 North Korean comrades."
Dau himself joined the army and marched south to fight for the communist north in 1966. He was discharged three years later after getting shot in the knee,
He says he will always continue to care for the memorial to the fallen pilots. orea fr
"For the North Korean pilots who fought to protect our country and died for our country, I salute them. Being a soldier myself, I have great compassion for them. I see them as my comrades, regardless of the nationality," Dau said.
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