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The Korean Cultural Festival in Budapest will begin on September 8 and will present the diversity of Korean cultural heritage. At the invitation of the Korean Cultural Center, the grandmaster of Korean temple cuisine, monk Jeong Kwan, will visit the country, reports turizmus.com.
The House of Hungarian Music (Magyar Zene Háza) will host a concert featuring the traditional Korean geomungo (zither) played by Black String under the direction of Ho Jun Jung. The NAL Project, directed by Ri Hi Mun, will perform folk songs from Kjonggi Province, and Pak Ji Ha will present the sound of traditional Korean instruments in the language of contemporary music.
The geomungo is a traditional Korean plucked zither with both bridges and frets. Photo via Wikipedia
The National Gugak Center will perform at the Erkel Theater as one of the European stops on its world tour. Before that, they will play Jongmyo jeryeak, the ritual music of the royal ancestors at the Confucian Jongmyo Shrine. Jongmyo jeryeak was inscribed on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List in 2001.
The 90-minute performance in Hungary involves 54 musicians and 18 dancers.
The Korean Cultural Center and the House of Traditions (Hagyományok Háza) will also host various workshops and symposiums on Korean music history and instruments. Experts from the Jintu National Gugak Center, founded in 2004, will introduce participants to the world of K-Gugak, a traditional Korean music and dance.
As part of the festival, the Korean Cultural Center will host the Korean Film Week, this time with two films focusing on Korean music and dance.
The event will also give an insight into the mysteries of Korean cuisine. Monk Jeong Kwan will talk to the audience about healthcare, respect for life, and the essence of Korean temple cuisine based on the concept of sustainability. The lecture will be broadcast live on the Internet.
Via turizmus.com, Featured photo via Facebook/Koreai Kulturális Központ