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Traditional Folk Village |
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| Some running commentary will be included for this here installation of jenjen's korealand happy cookie fun time wonder park. Or excursion to the traditional village during the Chu suk festival as most people not fluent in Engrish would say it. This first picture is of a tightrope walker. Interesting note i was told that he his considered a funny man and this kind of entertainer is dying out in korea so he is a national treasure. so yeah pretty cool on the whole i haven't seen a tightroper since my trip to hell |
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| so this is the mock wedding we saw this is them in transit to his house. ohh you are wondering where the bride is. no it isnt the horse or the man in the hat. she is sitting in the box. I feel like a stupid idiot that i didnt remember palaquin. my god i'm sitting there calmly reading when all of the sudden this chick gets into her palaquin and i was like hell i know what that is |
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| Aww that's me. aren't i special. I am squinting into the sun and mid sentence but look at that roof. if you have ever read petty demons and i think that you should that scene is straight out of it. Interesting aside i have seen a lot of similarities between russian and korean demons make of that what you will. Oh this is taken in fron of the haunted house. The first one i I have been in that hasn't reduced me to hysterics (excepting ones i was working of coarse) so obviously it was fairly blase but i had fun watching the hysterical children and feeling for my mother who so many times had to go through them with me. ohh on the non watch side of me you can see a girl dressed in traditional costume. You got half off admission if you came in costume but mainly only kids did it but they are pretty oh so pretty. |
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| no this isn't the korean rendering of Dr. suess. from what i have gathered this is what their drum ensembles wear. i've seen a couple and they all pretty much look akin to this. what you can't tell by this still photograph is that those white streamers coming our of the non-fuzzy hats get twirled about rhythmic gymnastic style while they go about their routine it was pretty gool to watch synchronized head ribbons twirl about in time with a pretty freaking cool percussion display. |
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| Like all good children I at one time or another took part in flipping people off a teeter totter. however my fear of circus folk has caused me to miss out on what is actually possible with them. So you take two slightly unequally sized people and you start flinging them into the air add props and some gymnastics and you suddenly have one hell of a show. these two are using fans, they also used hoops, ribbons, and tamborines. it was super cool. the coolest thing was when they started to stop cause you just hear this sickening thunk as the girl slams into the board that the other girl has not yet vaccated. also that crowd you see behind them is actually the least crowded seating section as you had to walk across the performance area to get there |
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| This is pamela who went with me to the village. she's a canadian, eh. not the one i work with. she is newer to korea then i am so i feel cool and ohh so knowledgeable when i am about her. umm she is standing on the bridge that connects the traditional village to the amusement park/ folk cultures around the world exhibit. the amuzement park was essentially a carnival but a good deal less creepy then the US version also unlike IL they don't seem to have as many pesky safety restrictions so the rides kicked ass. |
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This is Mimi, whom i can never get to tell me her real name. she is in korean jail and demonstrating the chair and board thing. i met her on like my second day here and she has been a great help in getting me about the place. she's not working now so she has lots of free time so we get to hang out quite a bit. you would never believe how old she is. i am pretty sure that korea has some magic fountain of youth cause i'm telling you these people don't age. her mom also made us a kick ass lunch which included homemade rice cakes, rice milk, octopus and meat "fritters" as well as some Korean pears which are unlike anything i have ever seen, and some sort of rice cookie that was all flaky and good. |
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this is the music man. and no this is not gary, indiana, gary, indiana, gary, indiana. he's marching to his own beat but i was glad to see that even in pre-electric korea they had portable sound equipment. honestly though this was an odd sight in the village. it was taking place right in front of the eating area and not a soul was around he was just playing and dancing. interesting yes. disturbing quite. did i circle widely. you bet i did. you never know with those musician types they might turn rabid at the slightest moment and you would hate to see me become rabid wouldn't you. |
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I will leave you with a field of soy sauce. you can't even see all the jars in this picture and it is only a small sample. i have never seen so much soy in my life. they also make Kimchi in similar jars but that gets put in the ground to ferment. |
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