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Here comes Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving)…

September 26, 2015November 21, 2020 Kalbi Dance, Festivals, special days and rituals, Traditional culture, Travel admiral yi sun-shin, charye, chucance, chuseok, ganggangsullae, hangawi, important intangible cultural treasure, korean culture, songpyeon, unesco intangible heritage of humanity

13 September 2019 is Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving) in South Korea and this is one of the important traditional festivals for Koreans. I have talked about the Chuseok gifts that Koreans may buy in the blog post dated 2 February 2015. Let’s talk about some more interesting customs about the Korean Chuseok in this blog post. Continue reading →

Korean Mask Dance – Talchum

July 7, 2015July 9, 2015 Kalbi Dance, Traditional culture andong mask dance festival, hahoe byeolsingut talnori, korean culture, korean mask dance, ogwangdae, sandae nori, talchum

In the blog post about Korean Dano Festival, I mentioned that one of the key events of the Gangneung Dano Festival is the Gangneung Gwanno Mask Dance Drama. Actually, mask dance is a traditional Korean cultural symbol not restricted to Gangneung and there are many other places in Korea which have their own styles of mask dance. Let’s discuss about talchum, Korean mask dance, in this blog post. Continue reading →