After a break in 2008, the Kingston Korean Festival is back this year on 15 August, timed to coincide with the liberation of Korea from Japan in 1945.
As usual, the event is at the Fairfield Recreation Ground in Kingston, and there will be lots of food stalls.
Here’s the provisional running order, though as ever with these events, things may change on the day.
11:00 ~ 11:30 : Liberation Day Ceremony
11:30 ~ 12:00 : The traditional percussion quartet
A folk music accompanied by four percussion instruments12:00 ~ 12:30 : Tae Kwon Do
Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea, it is the world’s most popular martial art in terms of the number of practitioners. It combines combat, self-defense, exercise, meditation and philosophy12:30 ~ 13:00 : Traditional Dance
The slow, gracious movements that reflects the beauty of moderation13:00 ~ 13:30 : Korean Dress Show
13:30 ~ 14:00 : Korea’s got talent
14:00 ~ 14:30 : B-Boy Dance Performance
14:30 ~ 15:00 : Korean Band
15:00 ~ 15:30 Buchaechum
Traditional form of dance usually performed by female dancers using fans painted with pink peony blossoms15:30 ~ 16:00 : Tae Kwon Do
16:00 ~ 16:30 : Jang Go Chum
Traditional dance using a double-headed drum pinched in at the middle16:30 ~ 17:00 : Traditional Korean Wedding Ceremony
17:00 ~ 18:00 : University Dance
18:00 ~ 18:30 : Raffle
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Sounds great – I would love to be there 🙂
Sounds like a great event, but to clarify this is in 2009? And where in Kingston is this event held? Is public transportation readily available? Thanks.
Yes, I try to be topical! It’s at the Fairfield recreation ground, about 5 or 10 minutes walk from Kingston BR Station.
Map: http://tinyurl.com/nrfqkk
sorry stupid question but is that kingston in london or surrey?
Wasn’t aware there were two. In Surrey, just outside London. If in doubt, check the map in the link I gave you and zoom out to get your bearings 😉
It’s not the one in Yorkshire.
Kingston is now A Greater London Borough
It did come under the the County of Surrey until the change of boundaries some years ago.
It still uses Surrey as it’s address