Last November 22, the Embassy of
the Republic of Korea and the Korean Cultural Center organized an event to
celebrate the 2014 Korean-ASEAN Commemorative Summit happening on December
11-12 in Busan, South Korea. The event was sponsored by the Ministry of
Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with Bonifacio
High Street as the venue partner.
High street was full of Korean
flags for the event. It was like I was in Korea again because the place was
full of Koreans. Before the opening
ceremony, my friends and I checked out the different booths. The Korean Cultural
Center booth made us tried Korean traditional outfit, hanbok. There were also food, books, k-pop merchandise, nail-art,
Korean cosmetics, and travel booths.
The main event kicked off at 5:00
P.M. with an outstanding Korean traditional percussion performance followed by
a magnificent speech from Korea Ambassador to the Philippines, his Excellency
Lee Hyuk.
Dongrak Traditional Performing
Arts Group performed a variety of percussion music such as the Korean traditional
music of the farmers called pan duk and the Korean traditional
percussion quartet called samulnori.
Didim Dance Company gracefully
danced the court dance called “Lotus in the Morning” and “Spring Snow” to the
tune of the Korean traditional zither called gayageum.
Ensemble Yoo Joo Hee Microcosm was
my favorite performance of the night. The said Ensemble played ABBA’s hit song “Dancing
Queen” with Korean traditional instruments.
Korean street dance group Gorilla
Crews do b-boying and Jo Ju Hyun Dance Company danced a modern ballet
performance.
After the colorful and
well-organized event, the event ended with a film showing of a Korean movie
entitled Dancing Queen.
one of my favorite shots
His Excellency Lee Hyuk giving his welcome speech.
B-boy
A very nice hanbok.
a fusion of traditional and modern
