Charity festival for children held in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, May 20 (Itar-Tass) - About 8,000 euros have been raised at
an annual festival of culinary art "Give children the joy" - twice more
than last year. It was held at the diplomatic quarter of the North Korean
capital. All proceeds from the charitable action will be transferred to an
orphanage in the North Korean city of Kaesong.
The festival's guests were eagerly buying a variety of dishes prepared
by staff members of the embassies of Russia, India, Indonesia, Iran,
Poland, Mongolia, Germany, Pakistan and the Palestinian National
Authority. Russian pies with cabbage and meat, the traditional Russian
salad, the Rossiya sponge cake were very popular. Indians offered their
famous Masala tea, Samosa pies, alu-sabj (potatoes with spices). Germans
baked delicious bread, Romanians - a cake. Egyptians offered to buy the
traditional oriental sweets.
A charity concert was also given at the building of the local branch
of the UN World Food Programme (WFP), where the festival took place.