By Priscilla Osaje
The Korean Cultural Centre in Nigeria (KCCN) on Wednesday celebrated its Korean Cultural Day with students of American International School Abuja (AISA).
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Korean Culture Day” is a day to celebrate and experience Korean culture.
The celebration featured traditional performances, food, games and cultural activities.
The celebration also aimed to deepen understanding, appreciate Korean heritage and fostering a sense of unity and cultural appreciation among students and staff of AISA.
Activities at the event included Taekwondo, K-pop, Hanguel calligraphy writing, K-food, K- Arts, Crafts and games such as Tuho game, Conggi Nori and Jegi- Chagi, Hanbok (Korean traditional clothes) wearing and Korean food tasting.
Ms Yujin Lee, KCCN Cultural Event Manager, said the celebration was aimed at enhancing cultural exchange among students of different background in the school.
According to Lee, the event is not only just for experience, but focused on educational purposes such as providing the K-pop, Taekwondo, art and drawing classes that is related to the Korean traditional mask.
” It is not only meant for the children to participate in the activities and experience the culture, but we really want to focus more on the educational purposes.
” It is like really showcasing Korean culture to the young students for them to experience more about the K-pop and Korean language that is growing more interest among young people,” .Lee said.
Mrs Nona Daoud, President, Parents Teacher Association(PTA) of AISA, said the event was an exciting occasion, because, it exposed the students to international experience.
Daoud said that it was always a good idea when a particular community shared its culture with the larger community.
According to her, sharing our different cultures facilitate fast learning about other people’s food and dresses.
” As you can see, my kids are very happy and I am very happy as well. Such a day also brings diverse communities together to celebrate one culture.
“At AISA, this is what we like to do, the reason why PTA promotes diversity and multiculturalism in this school,” she said.
Mr Kouwei Isunoda, Design Technical teacher in the school, said Koreans celebrating their cultural day at AISA gave the students a great opportunity to learn other cultures, as well as some of their games and sports available.
According to him, the day is remarkable, because, the students are heavily involved in the awareness day.
Master Jinwoo Kim, a student from South Korea, said he enjoyed the cultural day and had fun with the students
According to him, celebrating a day like this has given his friends and classmates the opportunity to know his culture.
“I am happy because, my friends really like our food and one of our board game.
” It is good to have the opportunity of celebrating cultural days of your friends and classmates from other countries, for such will expose you to their traditions, values and beliefs.
” I have been here for the past three years, we have been celebrating our cultural day and it has been remarkable,” Kim said.
Ms Patricia Robin, a student from Sierra Leone, said it was exciting to see Korean culture and also a good opportunity for her and her friends to experience other people’s culture.
” Today we had the opportunity to participate in Korean activities. I really like their games, but I so much love their outfits which look nice on us,” she said.
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