Guests take pleasure in a Lunar New Yr occasion on the Korean Cultural Middle in Tokyo, Jan. 25. Yonhap
Abroad Korean Cultural Facilities are celebrating the Lunar New Yr with occasions the place guests can expertise each conventional and modern Korean tradition, together with alternatives to play youngsters’s video games featured in Netflix’s „Squid Sport“ Season 2.
The occasions, organized by Korea’s Ministry of Tradition, Sports activities and Tourism, are going down at 22 cultural facilities in 20 international locations worldwide.
„With the current launch of ‚Squid Sport‘ Season 2, international curiosity in conventional Korean video games has grown,“ stated Choi Bo-geun, director of the ministry’s worldwide cultural promotion coverage division. „So, we’ve got ready numerous occasions to permit individuals to expertise Korean tradition firsthand in celebration of the Lunar New Yr vacation.“
The Korean Cultural Middle in Washington, D.C., is partnering with the Smithsonian American Artwork Museum to host occasions from Feb. 1-7, the place households with youngsters and followers of Korean tradition can expertise each conventional and modern Korean tradition.
This system contains conventional Korean performances, like „samulnori,“ a percussion ensemble, and „sangmo,“ hat spinning. Moreover, exhibitions that includes globally common Korean pop cultural content material and a Ok-pop promotion zone are additionally deliberate.
The Korean Cultural Middle in Los Angeles hosted a hanbok (conventional clothes) try-on occasion and tea tasting on Saturday. From Feb. 1-2, it’s going to collaborate with the Huntington Library to current cultural performances for showcasing Asian tradition and artwork education schemes.
Comparable occasions will even be held in Europe.
On Wednesday, Lunar New Yr’s Day, the Korean Cultural Middle in Germany will supply conventional Korean video games, corresponding to „gonggi,“ a variation of the five-stones sport seen in „Squid Sport“ Season 2; „yutnori,“ a standard board sport; and „jegichagi,“ a foot-shuttlecock sport. Members will even be served „tteokguk,“ rice cake soup historically eaten through the vacation.
The Korean Cultural Middle in Italy will host a standard Korean music and dance efficiency on the identical day. Sweden’s cultural middle plans a hanbok exhibition and a standard Korean cultural efficiency for Korean tradition lovers and college students at South Korea’s state-supported Korean language facilities on Jan. 30. (Yonhap)
