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Chuseok, or Harvest Moon Festival, is Korea’s
main annual celebration
and takes place on the 15th day of the Eighth Moon according to
the lunar
calendar. Usually described as a thanksgiving for a good harvest,
its origins
lie in ancient ancestor worship. Families gather together for the
holiday,
which causes a mass migration every year.
Asia House will be celebrating this colourful festival with traditional
Korean
music and dance. Dr Yeonok Jang will perform a mixture of traditional
folk
songs and contemporary pieces on the Kayagum, a traditional 12 stringed
zither. Jieun Jung will play the more unusual 25 stringed version.
Sunhee
Park, a renowned dancer and teacher who holds a doctorate in Korean
Shamanistic Trance will perform Hwagwanmu (flower clown dance),
one
of about 50 original court dances handed down to the present day.
This evening is presented in association with Korean Artists Association
in the UK.
Asia House Members and concs £4,
Non-members £7
Tickets available from Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Street,
London W1G 7LP Tel: 020 7307 5454
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