Students majoring in Korean at Mahasarakham University in Kantharawichai, a district in the Thai province of Maha Sarakham, on July 14 attend a lesson on traditional sogo (small drum) dance as part of the Visiting Korean Cultural Festival hosted by the Korean Cultural Center in Bangkok.
By Kim Hyelin
Photos = Korean Cultural Center in Thailand
The Korean Cultural Center (KCC) in Bangkok, Thailand, has held a cultural event in the country’s central northeastern region.
The KCC on July 19 said it hosted the Visiting Korean Cultural Festival on July 14 at Mahasarakham University in Kantharawichai, a district in the province of Maha Sarakham.
The event has KCC staff traveling around to promote Korean culture through performing arts and interactive programs. This is the first time for the festival to be held in the Maha Sarakham region.
As of this year, the university had the most Korean majors in Thailand with 295.
Students from Mahasarakham University on July 14 sample tteokbokki (spicy rice cake) as part of the Visiting Korean Cultural Festival in Kantharawichai, a district in the Thai province of Maha Sarakham.
The KCC’s gugak (traditional music) instructor performed a drum dance from Jindo Island in Jindo-gun County, Jeollanam-do Province, for 500 students including those from the university and four middle and high schools in the region. Other highlights included a class on traditional sogo (small drum) dance for 20 students, trying on Hanbok (traditional clothing), quiz show on Korean culture and traditional folk games.
The students’ comments to the KCC included “I played the games tuho (arrow throwing) and ddakjichigi (flipping folded paper tiles) for the first time, and they were harder than I thought but still fun” and “In particular, I loved Busan eomuk (fish cake) so much that I asked for more several times.”
Mahasarakham University students on July 14 try the folk game ddakjichigi as part of the Visiting Korean Cultural Festival in Kantharawichai, a district in the Thai province of Maha Sarakham.
The KCC donated 300 sets of traditional handicraft experience kits and gugak instruments to the university and the secondary school Sarakhampittayakhom.
KCC Director Cho Jae Il said, “We will continue hosting events so that people not just in the capital of Bangkok but also those in other regions can enjoy and experience Korean culture.”
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