Posts Tagged ‘korean-american’

Military Drummer at Koreatown Parade in LA

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

There were a lot of military vehicles during the parade. I voice-recorded a few notes as to what their units were but haven’t transcribed them yet, though I recall one being from the Gulf War. Lots of Korean-Americans in the military, quite a few who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan recently…

This distinguished gentleman was wearing a bow tie!

Again, apologies for the poor quality of the video clips. They actually don’t look so bad on my computer, but making another transfer to YouTube causes a lot of degradation. More colorful ones to come…

2009 Korean Festival Parade in Koreatown

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

Korean Parade Sign in Koreatown
Just came back from watching the 2009 Korean Festival Parade on Olympic Boulevard. The entourage originated from Catalina Avenue near Vermont but I was stationed nearer to Western Avenue.

Took so many pictures and so much video. It’ll take me forever to process them. Here’s a few…


Girl in Stroller with Two Flags at Parade

Her Mommy is the one in the background trying to get a picture of her son in the parade. (He looked so embarrassed.) The child in the stroller is carrying two national flags! There were also a lot of Mexican flags and floats participating so that was really cool. And the people lining the street were something like 60% Latino (Salvadoran…) and 35% Korean. The announcements were mostly in Korean — it is the Korean Festival in a place called Koreatown, after all. The parade’s progress was slow but there were enough highlights that I didn’t find it a waste to go.



Korean Girls at Koreatown arade
These young girls worked their tiny behinds off. They were the most indefatigable group in the parade!

Will post the rest of the photos and video clips soon!