Korean Slate

Fourth and final day of the Korean Festival in Los Angeles… Managed to make it this afternoon and catch several dance and martial-arts performances on stage. A few were lamely presented (it’s almost always a matter of packaging, ppl…) but it wasn’t a total waste of time to be in the audience.

These girls were so good. They came on several times performing different traditional Korean dances — with fans, these drums they carry that you see in the picture, and later on with stationary drums. I do have video clips and I’ll be processing them in the coming days.

Also visited more of the booths and had time to chat more, compared to my just passing through last Friday. McDonald’s finally showed up, but I didn’t bother lining up for their giveaways. I headed across to Maeil and picked up samples of the new Enyo yogurt drinks, which I’ll review in another post. Didn’t spot the Maeil mascots today, though they still had the wheel and were giving away posters of Korean stars.

Of all the South Korean provinces showcasing their wares at the festival, I was most impressed with KyeongSangNam Do (경상남도). All their representatives were friendly and helpful; one lady in particular did an awesome job explaining to me what their raison d’etre was. I definitely will devote a full blog post to their local products.

For a few minutes, I was hooked watching men (and a girl) take on the Marine Corps challenge. I’ll post the video clips soon… Lots to process… which is good. I love material, I mean content.