After a six-year hiatus, the Korean Student Association will once again host its culture night Sunday in an event called “The Good Old Days.”
The event’s theme will focus on how the Korean culture has changed from the 1950s to present day, KSA President Yoon Gyu Suh said.
The event will commence at 6:30 p.m. in the EMU Ballroom. From 6:30 to 8 p.m. there will be dinner, games, and an exhibition; from 8 to 9 p.m., visitors can watch a variety of performances.
“We want to announce our culture to everyone,” said Billy Doyong Ann, the group’s volunteer coordinator.
Attendees should expect proceedings including dinner with five to six Korean dishes, a traditional fan dance called buchae-chum, tae kwon do martial art demonstrations, a nonverbal rhythmic performance called nanta oregon (da cookin’), instrument performances with dae-geum (a large transverse bamboo flute) and dan so (a small notched bamboo vertical flute), and much more.
The group will have a “Good Old Days” exhibit in the Gumwood Room of the EMU, which will feature decorations for each decade from the 1950s to today. Visitors can also play a game called Yut-No-Ri.
In the past, KSA has held the event solely for Koreans. This year, however, the group plans to break the tradition and invite the whole community to the event, Suh said. The KSA members would like to share Korean culture with everyone and give people a better understanding of who they are and where they have come from, Suh said. The group thinks people are familiar with China and Japan, but fail to recognize Koreans as a substantial culture from the East, Ann said.
The group is hoping to have 400 people attend the event.
“This event will continue annually,” KSA member Peter Min said. “We would like to start a tradition that will never end.”
Tickets are on sale now at the ticket office in the EMU. The cost is $7 for the general public and $6 for University students.