It was a nice hot day to spend in
Suwon experiencing some amazing things regarding the culture and traditions of
Suwon. All the ambassadors of Suwon culture foundation were invited by the SCF to
explore and share the beauty of culture rich city Suwon. The schedule was beautified
with the experience of traditional market, art craft, food and the first outdoor
international music festival.
All the ambassadors of Suwon
gathered in the Suwon culture foundation on 3 PM. The program coordinator A-reum
explains about the activity of the day. She distributed schedule among the
ambassadors with t shirts and a handkerchief as souvenir. All together we moved
to the first destination of the day, the traditional market. All the members
were divided into 03 groups and were given 10.000 won each to experience
shopping at the traditional market. Traditional market places deal everything
from farm and fisheries products to clothes, shoes, general goods and jewelry,
along with various things to see and eat that cannot be found in large discount
outlet stores.
Traditional market of Suwon comprises of big and small shops
offering every need of day to day life on discounted prices and this is one of
the reasons it is always full of people including foreigner visitors and
tourists. Being very polite and kind in their behavior, the shopkeepers were
really good in dealing. They are becoming a favorite destination of foreign
tourists as they show a true side of living in South Korea and the warm nature
of the country's people. Every one of us
buys things according to our demands at much discounted price than we were
expecting. Our guide was kind enough to offer us ice cream which was a kind of
blessing in the hot weather.
Just after the finish of market tour we
experienced Korean calligraphy and making a traditional fan at Suwon yongdong art
fora. That was a unique experience and every ambassador participated with a great
zeal. Our second destination was the Suwon Yeongdong art fora, the culture and
art complex located in the second floor of Suwon traditional market. This place
is a source of communication between the artists and merchants to utilize the
existing facilities for the promotion of culture and traditions of Suwon. The
art hall, culture exhibition space is used for exhibitions and performances and
art experiences.
We had an awesome Korean traditional dinner at Surasang
Kkotdam restaurant nearby the traditional market. This restaurant is famous for
making steamed rice wrapped in a lotus leaf. The newly appointed ambassadors
were given the nomination certificates at this occasion. We enjoyed every bit
of the food with a talk, knowing each other and discussing the upcoming
activities. Just after the dinner we rushed towards the 1st Suwon
outdoor music hall by cars. It was an amazing moment to see people gathered in
an awesomely beautiful place. It seemed like a beautiful garden. The place had
a great security and people were anxiously waiting for the music festival to be
started.
Sharp 08 PM the performance was
started with the entry of Kim Dae-jin who is the director of the Suwon
Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorale. He was just superb with his skills. The
orchestra he lead with the performers was just touching heart. The scene was
just silent to watch and listen the voice of violin and orchestra.The beautiful
Korean lyric coloratura soprano Youngok shin wins the hearts of the audience
with her incredible performance. She is indeed the queen of soprano. She along
with her companions, Daejin Kim (conductor), Haewon lim(violinist) and
Byeongjin Choi (trumpeter) were outclass with their performance. They get a
great appreciation from the crowed. It was for the first time ever I had an
opportunity to explore such a concert.
The performance of the little
girl with violin was the most amazing thing I experienced. She was appreciated
by the audience putting their both hands together. The boy with trumpet was
also worth watching he was also so skillful and master of his field that he
electrify the audience with his performance.
The performance continues till 10
PM in night entertaining the audience and getting applause from the people
around. This international music concert will continue till 22 June spreading
Love, joys and happiness through the lyrics, music and beauty of arts. I
strongly recommend these events for the residence of Suwon and tourists around
to come and see the beauty of international artists at peak in the music and
entertainment.
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