Korean Traditional Circle Dance Workshop

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Celebrate the Autumnal equinox with Korea’s Thanksgiving Holiday, Chuseok (추석).

Chuseok is one of the biggest and most important holidays in the Korean calendar along with Seollal (Lunar New Year’s Day).

For this holiday, it is customary for Koreans to visit their hometowns to spend quality time with their families, gathering to share food and stories and to give thanks to their ancestors.

To commemorate Chuseok, we are holding a special event at the KCCUK and we invite you to join us and experience Ganggangsullae (Korean traditional circle dance).

The meaning of Chuseok

Chuseok (추석) means the Full Moon Day in the eighth month or the middle of August of the lunar calendar. Chuseok is also referred to as “hangawi”. Han means big and gawi means the middle of the 8th lunar month or autumn. According to the lunar calendar, the harvest moon, the largest full moon of the year, appears on the 15th day of the eighth month.

Ganggangsullae (강강술래, Korean traditional circle dance)

Ganggangsullae is a traditional dance, performed primarily on Chuseok. In this dance, women dressed in hanbok (traditional Korean clothing) join hands in a large circle and sing together on the night of Chuseok. Under the bright full moon, the women pray for a bountiful harvest in the year ahead or celebrate the joy of the harvest. The dance was registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2009.

Photographs, videos and press photography

This event will be video recorded with photographs taken through the venue. By entering and by your presence here, you consent to being photographed and filmed. Footage will be used for social media posts.