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Korean culture celebration in Hanoi in welcoming World Children’s Day
The event is part of a program to mark the International Children’s Day 2019.
A program to celebrate International Children Day 2019 with theme “Discover South Korean Culture” will take place from June 1 to 2 at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology (VME) in Hanoi, Infonet reported.
The event is organized by the VME in coordination with the Korean Cultural Center in Vietnam. Attending the festival, visitors will have a chance to learn about similarities and differences between Vietnamese and Korean cultures. The event is an activity to mark the International Children’s Day 2019.
The event will see the reenactment of Korean children’s folk games including traditional tightrope-walking (Jultagi) and choreographed drum performances (Gilnori and Samulnori) performed by Korean artists.
Jultagi was recognized by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity in 2011. Jultagi or eoreum is traditional Korean performance of tightrope-walking. It is registered as South Korea's Important Intangible Cultural Properties number 58.
Jultagi is held on public holidays in South Korea like Daeboreum, Dano and Chuseok holidays. The games is now played in Korean folk villages to entertain tourists. It was also performed in events held in the royal palace, government banquets or village festivals. The tightrope walking performance is composed of a rope player, a clown and musical instrument players.
Artists will both perform tightrope walking and tell funny stories on the background of traditional music. The event will also feature traditional Korean costume tryout, toy making and Vietnamese and Korean folk game playing.
Jultagi was recognized by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity in 2011.
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The event will see the reenactment of Korean children’s folk games including traditional tightrope-walking (Jultagi) and choreographed drum performances (Gilnori and Samulnori) performed by Korean artists.
Jultagi was recognized by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity in 2011. Jultagi or eoreum is traditional Korean performance of tightrope-walking. It is registered as South Korea's Important Intangible Cultural Properties number 58.
Jultagi is held on public holidays in South Korea like Daeboreum, Dano and Chuseok holidays. The games is now played in Korean folk villages to entertain tourists. It was also performed in events held in the royal palace, government banquets or village festivals. The tightrope walking performance is composed of a rope player, a clown and musical instrument players.
Artists will both perform tightrope walking and tell funny stories on the background of traditional music. The event will also feature traditional Korean costume tryout, toy making and Vietnamese and Korean folk game playing.
