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 Jin's Father 10/01/06 |
 Mask Festival 10/05/06 |
 Chusok 10/06/06 |
 Gatbawi 10/15/06 |
 Happy Birthday! 10/16/06 |
 Pre-Wedding Party 10/24/06 |
 Korean Wedding! 10/29/06 |
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Mask Festival
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| Imae T'al has a happy-go-lucky face, which instantly shows that he is a simple-minded fool. The crooked nose reveals that he is deformed and the down-slanted eyes show that he is free from malice. He plays Sonbi's foolish servant. This is the only mask without a chin. |
Today was one of those day's that I'll remember probably forever. My good buddy Jeong Woo and I attended the Andong Maskdance Festival. It was a holiday week in Korea and the normal hour or so drive took 3 hours, but watching the show made up for the traffic hell.
The main event for me was watching the Hahoe Mask Dance. It's a play that's centuries old and was amazing to see. It was in Korean, of course, but I understood what was going on and knew a little bit about the story. Above is my favorite mask and character. He's a big guy who plays the "Fool" and seems drunk with happiness. That's the part I'd probably be cast in if I were doing the play and the part I'd want to do!
A tear or so tried to escape my eyes after the show. I enjoyed it so much and afterwards the crowd was invited on stage to dance with the players. It personified the exact thing that I strive for and I think what most performers strive for...entertaining the audience and making them smile...inside and out.
Check out these links if you want
to read about the play:
Hahoe Mask Dance Drama
Walking around the festival
A Malaysian troupe, the crowd, the moon, Jeong Woo & me
Hahoe Mask Drama
After the show
What I learned today about Korea: 1) I'm really missing LA and performing.