Pyongyang, North Korea (CNN) -- North Korea's reclusive leader, Kim Jong Il, made another rare public appearance Sunday with his youngest son at a massive military parade billed as one of the largest in the nation.
Dignitaries from around the world, including China, Russia, Nepal, Poland, Austria and Mongolia, attended the event.
It featured 20,000 military personnel marching in lockstep and huge pieces of military hardware -- including tanks and missiles -- rolling along the parade route as part of North Korea's celebration marking the 65th anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea.
Video from the event showed thousands of military personnel erupt into applause and chants as the Kims appeared in the capital to start the parade.
Fireworks lit up the sky and, according to the state-run KCNA news agency, "the ever-changing sea of dancers and flowers and ships and boats (were) decorated with multi-color lights".
According to KCNA, the gala was made up of performances with names such as "Country where leader's desire has come into full bloom" and "Party is guide of victory".
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