We went to this super cool Korean folk village and got to tour around. We also go to see a tight rope show, a traditional wedding and a type of musical dance/ parade they put on. There we saw an apothecary and farmers quarters as well as work places looked like. It was pretty much similar to Colonial Williamsburg only older and no AC. Anyways I got some shots of corn mills and the houses where the township overseer resided as well as a practicing Buddhist temple which had some sort of ceremony with incense and food going on.
Look out for the parade video, there these guys who have long ribbons attached to their hats and would swing their bodies around and do cart wheels without touching the ground. It was pretty awe inspiring ( and a lot like human jumping jacks). Later another comes out with a 20 foot ribbon and practically skips rope with it.
After that was the traditional wedding ceremony. And me and my roommate kept wispering silly things like ' i wonder if that guy ever gets tired of marrying the same girl everyday' or 'he's way too good for him' and ' i wonder what she will do for her real wedding since it won't be as significant since she practically gets married everyday - she must go to vegas' hahaha ^^. Anyways it was mildly interesting ....especially her makeup!!!! She looked like she belonged in munchkin village in wizard of oz! I wish I got a clear shot of it.
It was ridiculously hot that day and everyone had to wear these blue knit polo shirts that didn't breath well so everyone's backs are soaked in sweat ( I mean honestly I have never sweated so much in one day in my life!!).
So after that we went to a School for Arts. We first learned the basics of traditional Korean drums. Our class as a whole did a pretty good job ( we had to keep perfect time with everyone and cut off at once). After that we did this really silly dance which was pretty much impossible to learn and we had these flag things on our hands and had to move our back and hips and heads all in since and up and down to a certain rhythm. IT WAS INSANE!!! I felt so ridiculous ^^ but so was everyone else. I will have to see if there are any video's of this on the EPIK disc they gave us. After that we watched Breakout which was a break dance comedy. Unfortunately there was no photography allowed, which is why I have the youtube link here ^^.
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