time now for our life an info segment where we focus on information that we do
hope will be useful in your everyday life today we're going to focus on some
culture and the arts as well and to tell us more about some events that we can
enjoy this weekend and we can't in the future I'm happy to say that our Eamonn
son joins us again in the studio so min-sun what do you have for us this
morning hi mark last time I was in the studio I
introduced some cultural performances to enjoy on weekdays after work and today
I'm going to introduce a weekend performance called Saturday performance
of Korean music and dance it's a regular performance that has been taking place
for over 30 years on Saturdays at the national gugak
center these saturday performances which run for 90 minutes consist of Korean
traditional music dance and singing performances in the first week of August
it will present some traditional musical instruments like Chi akhom the Korean
harp or salmonidae a traditional percussion Quartet along with tapping
saw the conical oboe performers will complement the music with traditional
singing and dancing and throughout August some more familiar forms of
traditional music and dances will be presented some folk songs from the
Terlato provincial area and lawyer ancestral rites music will be performed
royal ancestral rites music is the kind of music played at 2mu shrine you can
also enjoy a range of traditional dances like pendants boo distance and kangan's
lay the traditional korean circle dance play performed under the full moon
another performance is the pom Santa tomb a traditional mask dance that
originated from pinedo province in North Korea third term is known for its
humorous satire of the upper-class and portrayal of common people's lives it's
also fun to see the different facial expressions on masks okay so what we can
see is there are a whole range of traditional Korean dance and music that
we can enjoy but I think I can speak for great many people when I say that
you are kind of intimidated a little bit by the Korean traditional arts and music
scene because if you feel like you don't know the background it can be hard to
understand but I hear some help may be at hand right that's how many are some
people Koreans and non-koreans feel about traditional music and dance
performances because they are not familiar with it and to make that
traditional arts more inclusive the National Kroc Center is offering
commentaries at its saturday performances unfortunately it's not
offered on every Saturdays but there are two scheduled in September in the first
and the last week of the month a commentator will provide an overview of
the performance and explain the historical background and
characteristics of each song and performance and these comments will be
shown on large screens both in Korean and English so foreign audiences will
not be left out on the mission for Saturday performance of Korean music and
dance is from 10,000 to 20,000 won about eight and a half to seventeen US dollars
a person and for those who want to start their weekend early there's a Friday
contemporary cuca concert in August Friday concert combined some
contemporary elements and even classical music to lower the bar for newcomers
okay great so either Friday or Saturdays you can go and check out these
performances presumably the Friday ones are in the evening for people you have
to work and I have to say the price is very reasonable as well only about 10 to
20 dollars per person for something as grand as that min-sun thank you very
much for joining us in the studio today thank you for having me
with that then let's take a quick look at some of the other cultural events
because there are a lot of them happening all the time here in South
Korea