Korean Dancers…comments

We were so fortunate to catch a small performance at a festival of these beautiful traditional women dancers.

Koreans love these beautiful hues of color in their attire.Although generally Koreans do not wear these colors in their every day lives, they do when wearing traditional clothes.  Interesting, huh?  The younger generation now is wearing the 'gypsy' styles which are very colorful.

The dance you see in the pictures is very graceful, peaceful, and elegant.  It is difficult to adequately describe the beauty of the group performing.  I just wish you could see it in action!

Korean Dancers

An Ancient Korean casket….

We took this picture in a museum.  It is a Korean casket.  We thought it looked like a giant peanut!  You know, it is amazing how each country's culture has its' own unique styles of graves, tombs, caskets, along with all of the other cultural differences.  It makes for a very interesting world, that's for sure!  It seems to me like this casket could be a 'one size fits all and adjustable for height' casket…don't you think?

Strawberry Festival in Korea

We had a great time at the famous Strawberry Festival this year.  It was held in NonSan city.  We tasted many kinds of strawberry products, one which was a strawberry hot sauce.  It was very good.  We had strawberry jam, fruit smoothies, pancakes (out of this world…delicious), candy, jello squares (kind of), tea, and yogurt.

We even got interviewed by the local news media cameramen.  So, maybe we are a little famous in Korea, too!

At any rate, it was great fun.  We met some Korean friends there that we hadn't seen in a long time, too.  That made it really special.

TaeKwonDo! It’s a fantastic martial arts!

This is a picture of the TaeKwonDo missions major group.  The team is fantastic to observe during demonstrations.  How in the world they can move and jump the way they do is amazing.  It is interesting to watch them pantomine through TaekwonDo moves to illustrate a Biblical truth.

They train for many hours each day, often beginning around 6:30 a.m. before classes.

AFter classes they again train until about 8 p.m.

They also travel to other countries during their summer and winter breaks.

 TaeKwonDo is not a destructive martial arts.  It is for defending only.  It is a very disciplined art and requires much devotion.

Actually, I studied the art for about 2 months before the class dismissed for the summer vacation.  I didn't resume in the fall because my schedule did not allow it.  But, it was great exercise and very challenging!