7th Annual Korean Lunar Festival
Presented by: Korean American Cultural Arts Foundation (KACAF),
Embassy of the Republic of Korea Cultural Center
Organized by: Korean American Association of Southern Maryland (KAASM)
Please join us in celebration of the 7th Korean Lunar Festival.
Much of the beauty of Korean culture is embodied in its food, song, dance, and art and we’ve organized an event so that you may experience it all in a enjoyable setting
Program
Performance: Dae Guem, Mask Dance, Drum Dance
Workshops: Wood block printing, Korean calligraphy, Origami, Korean food making
Food: Kim Bop, rice cake, fried veggies, Jhap Che
Games: Yut-nori / Tu-hoe -nori /Souvenir prizes: key chains, hwa tu
Contests: Rice Cake Cutting, / Korean Language Lesson
Pictures: Korean Traditional Outfits
2012 Tour
2/14/ Tuesday Living Heart Take Care Center/ Gaithersburg, MD / 10:00am – 11:00am
2/14/ Tuesday UMD, Language House/ College Park, MD/ 2:00pm – 4:00pm
2/15/ Wednesday Korean Daily Newspaper/ Annandale, VA/ 4:00pm – 6:00pm
2/16/ Thursday Korean Embassy Cultural Arts Center/ Washington D.C./ 6:30pm – 8:30p-m
2/18/ Saturday University of MD/ Baltimore, MD/ TBA
2/22/ Wednesday Thomas Stone High School/ Waldorf, MD/ 2:30pm – 6:00pm
Korean American Cultural Arts Foundation is a non-profit organization founded in 2005 with the mission of sharing and preserving over 5000 years of Korean cultural arts here in America. The Foundation’s mission is to strengthen the bonds between the people of the US and Korea through sharing Korean arts, music and dance.
2429 Streamview Dr Waldorf, MD 20603 Tel: 703-507-4492 Fax: 301-705-7811
Email: tammy.pantages@hotmail.com http://cafe.daum.net/kacaf
Your contribution is tax deductible.
The KACAF has been a (501) tax exempt
organization in Maryland since 2005
Special Guest Performers: East Sea Keeper
Hun Su Kim, Young Tae Moon, Sung Min Jang, Jeong Kwan Cha, Seok Hyeon Nam
A student organization, known as the East Sea Keeper, from In-Je University in Kim-Hae City, South Korea, has begun a world tour to promote Korean culture and to bridge cultural exchange experiences. Their main focus during the four month tour of 9 countries is to conduct a campaign to support the renaming of the sea between the Korean Peninsula and the Japanese Archipelago as both “East Sea” and “Sea of Japan” on the 4th edition of “Limits of Oceans and Seas”, which will be determined by the International Hydrographic Organization.
Korean New Year, commonly known as Seollal, is the first day of the lunar calendar. It is the most important of the traditional Korean holidays. It consists of a period of celebrations, starting on New Year’s Day and lasting three days. Koreansalso celebrate solar New Year’s Day on January 1st of each year, following the Gregorian Calendar.
The term “Seollal” generally refers to Eumnyeok Seollal (음력 설날, lunar new year), also known as Gujeong (Hangul: 구정). Less commonly, “Seollal” also refers to Yangnyeok Seollal (양력 설날, solar new year), also known as Sinjeong (Hangul: 신정).
Tteokguk
Tteokguk (떡국) (soup with sliced rice cakes) is a traditional Korean dish that is customarily eaten for the New Year. According to Korean age reckoning, the Korean New Year is similar to a birthday for Koreans, and eating Tteokguk is part of the birthday celebration. Once you finish eating your Tteokguk, you are one year older.
Folk games
Many traditional games are associated with the Korean New Year. The traditional family board game yunnori (윷놀이) which is played on New Year’s Day is still a popular game. It is played using different types of specially designed sticks. Tu-hoe is another traditonal New Year game played by throwing sticks into a cermanic or metal jars. In addition, men and boys play jegi chagi (제기차기), a game in which a light object is wrapped in paper or cloth, and then kicked in a football like manner.
