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Gyeonggi Korean Cultural Night, June 16, 8:00pm at Elizabeth Theater, Santa Clara Convention Center,

From the event program:

Sponsored by the Kyunggi Province Bureau of Tourism and The Korea Times, San Francisco. The performance includes traditional dance and music featuring Ansung City Farmer’s Band as well as performances by popular singer Eun Jung Oh and actor Jun Ho Chung, Kyunggi Province official P.R. Ambassador. The event will be MC’d by “Popeye” (Sangyong Lee).

Took a while to get through the celebrity introductions and Korean tourism pitch at the beginning, but I did enjoy the traditional farmer’s dance ensemble. A bit like taiko drumming crossed with marching bands and break dancing with a ribbon attached to a swiveling car antenna on your hat, with a few spinning plate tricks thrown in for good measure. Loud and exciting, my ears are still ringing.

Here’s a better explaination of what’s going on here (poongmul). (Alternate formatting here.)

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