UTSA’sEastAsiaIns.tutehostedthe5thannualKimchiFes.valonSaturday,April15,2017intheUniversityCenterRetamaAuditoriumandGalleriaatUTSA’smaincampus.Celebra.ngKoreaanditsculture,thiseventwasheldincollabora.onwiththeConsulate

GeneraloftheRepublicofKoreainHouston,HoustonKoreanEduca.onCenter,SanAntonioKoreanAmericanAssocia.on

(SAKAA),KoreanAmericanCulturalCenterofSanAntonio(KACCSA),SanAntonioJoongAngDanceGroup,andUTSA’sKoreanCultureClub.Morethan300peopleintotalaRendedthismuchan.cipatedeventonabeau.fulSaturdayaSernoon. Thefes.vi.esbeganat2:00P.M.andguestswereinvitedtovisitculturalandeduca.onalboothsthroughgames,art,craSac.vi.es,andshortpresenta.ons.ManywereaRractedtothecraSboothswheretheymadeKoreanflags

whilelearningthemeaningofthe yin-yangandlinesymbolsintheflagthatrepresent

Otherpeoplepar.cipatedinKoreanpaperfoldingtomakehanbok(Koreantradi.onalclothes).Therewasalsohanbokwearing,whereguestswereabletotryonthe

colorfultradi.onalKoreanclothing.OtherpopularaRrac.onsincludedyut(four-s.ckgame),theKoreantriviagame,andinforma.onalboothsontheKoreanlanguageclassesandEnglishteachingopportuni.esinKorea.

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Guestsalsoplayedothergames,includingGong-Ki-no-ri(Koreanjacks),jegi(Koreanhackysack),andpaenghi(Koreantopgame).Thereweremanyotherboothsac.vi.essuchaschops.ckscasemaking,facepain.ng/handtaRoos,andplayingsa-mul-nori(Koreanpercussioninstruments).

ASerenjoyingtheboothac.vatesforanhour,thepar.cipantswereinvitedtotheRetamaAuditoriumfortheprogram.SanAntonioJoongAngDanceGroupopenedtheprogramwiththeKoreanFanDance,atradi.onalperformancetocelebratefes.vals.Thedancewaselegantandtheou\itwaselaborate!

ASertheperformance,Dr.WanxiangYao,DirectoroftheEastAsiaIns.tutetookthestageandgavewelcomingremarksandmanythankstoalltheorganiza.onsthat

helpedvolunteeratthefes.val.Oncetheopeningremarkswereconcluded,CodySmith,aUTSAKoreanlanguagestudenttookastageastheMCoftheeventwhointroducedupcomingKoreanperformancesandpresenta.ons.

TheKACCSAYouthDanceperformedO-go-mu:5standingdrumdance,Onara:TaegukFanDance,andJang-go-chum:hourglassdrumdance.Othertradi.onaldancesincludingtheKoreanFandance,SymbolDance,and4-drumNantawhichisablendofintricaterhythmandmovementperformedbytheSanAntonioJoongAngDance Group.

TherewerealsoelectrifyingK-popdancesperformedbyKACCSAandUTSAKoreanCultureClubwhodancedtotheKoreanpopmusicwithsynchronizeddancesteps.

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“Koreaalsoenjoyspeople-to-peopleexchangewithTexaswhichisthethirdmostpopularstudyabroaddestinationforKoreanstudents.Thesepeople-to-peopletiesgiveusopportunitiestoshareandlearnabouteachother’sculture.” DeputyConsulMyoung-joonKim

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emphasized.KiminvitedeveryonetoenjoytheKoreanfoodtas.ngaSerwardstolearnaboutKoreancuisineandculture.

Inaddi.on,the2017KoreanSpeechcontestwinnersrecitedtheirspeechestotheaudienceandwereabletoshowcasetheirKoreanlanguageproficiency.Theybothearnedwarmroundsofapplausefromthe audiencefortheirdedica.ontomasteringadifficult,butbeau.fullanguage.

ASeralloftheperformancesandpresenta.onswerefinished,cer.ficatesofapprecia.onwerepresentedtotheperformers.TherewasalsoaraffletheaudienceenteredinordertoreceivedoorprizesfromtheEastAsiaIns.tuteinthanksfortheirpar.cipa.onatthisyear’sKimchiFes.val.Dr.DeukheeGong,professorofKoreanlanguageatUTSAandthetheUniversityofthe IncarnateWordsgaveherclosingremarksaSerwards.

andpresenta.ons,audiencememberswereinvitedtoenjoyKoreanfoodtas.ngintheRetamaGalleria,graciouslyarrangedbySanAntonioKoreanAmericanAssocia.onwiththefundingfromtheConsulateGeneraloftheRepublicofKoreainKoreaandHoustonKoreanEduca.on.ThefooditemsincludedKimchi(pickledcabbage),OiKimchi(pickledcucumber),Jap-chae(s.rfriednoodles),KongNa-mulMu-chim(beansproutsidedish),Moosangche(whiteradishsalad),Tdeok(ricecake),andBulgogi(Koreanmeatdish). Astheeventgrewtoaclose,alloftheguestsseemedverypleasedwiththeirexperiences.“Understandingandapprecia.onfortheworldculturesisincreasinglyimportantintoday’s globalcommunity,”saidDr.WanxiangYao,directoroftheEastAsiaIns.tute.“OurofficeisproudtoserveasthebridgebetweenSanAntonioandKorea!”

Inaddi.on,UTSAKoreanCultureClubalsomadeapresenta.onabouttheLiNKprogram,anorganiza.onthatrescuesNorthKoreanrefugees,andinvitedtheaudiencetojointhemforthisveryworthycause.

SpecialguestsfromtheConsulateGeneraloftheRepublicofKoreainHoustonincludedDeputyConsulMyoung-joonKimandConsulGgochnim.DeputyConsulKimgaveremarksonstageaswell.“Koreanpeninsulaisonlyone-thirdthesizeofthestateofTexas,butithashadastrong,longstanding,andmutuallybeneficialrela.onshipwiththeUS,”saidKim.“KoreaisthefourthlargesttradingpartnerwithTexas.Inaddi.on,KoreaisthenumberoneforeigninvestortoTexas.”Kimmen.onedKoreaalsoenjoyspeople-to-peopleexchangewithTexaswhichisthethirdmostpopularstudyabroaddes.na.onforKoreanstudents.“Thesepeople-to-people.esgiveusopportuni.estoshareandlearnabouteachother’sculture,”

Left(fromleft):Dr.WanxiangYao,DeputyConsulMyoung-JoonKimTop:KACCSAYouthDanceTeam

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MelissaTurcios,beginner-levelspeechcontestwinner

EuniceGurung,Advanced-levelspeechcontestwinner

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