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Music festivals in South Korea may focus on Korean musicians or international musicians, and may be either in a concert or music competition format, or both. South Korea has folk festivals incorporating Korean traditional music , which includes combinations of the folk, vocal, religious and Korean ritual music styles of the Korean people ...
For older or historical observances in Korea see traditional festivals of Korea. Many new festivals have originated in South Korea in response to the country's tourism initiatives. Contributing to this growth is a gradual change to a five-day work week and greater leisure. [1] [2]
This festival was designed by masters to encourage their servants and slaves to work better on the year's farming. The servants usually made traditional snack called songpyeon with the grains used during Daeboreum and ate them according to their age, because they believed this could bring them good luck. For instance, a 10-year-old servant ...
Founded in 2001, Jeonju International Sori Festival (전주세계소리축제) is South Korea's main event for traditional music and, since 2011, world music. In 2012, 2013, and 2014, Songlines listed Jeonju Sori Festival among the World's Best 25 International Festivals, the only Asian festival in the list.
The Wildflower!Arts and Music Festival is an event held annually in Richardson, Texas, and typically has a turn out of about 70,000 people.It began in 1993 as a small community event held in a local park in Northeast Richardson, Texas, and got its name from the March through May celebration season when wildflowers blossom throughout the city.
The following category is for festivals of all types in South Korea, including cultural festivals, arts festivals, fairs, parades, folk festivals, flower festivals, food festivals, carnivals, and religious festivals, among others. New additions to the category are to be placed within three subcategories: festival topic, location within South ...
Traditional military music parade in Seoul. Korea has produced music (Korean: 음악; Hanja: 音樂; RR: eumak; MR: ŭmak) for thousands of years, into the modern day. After the division of Korea in 1945, both North and South Korea have produced their own styles of music. Traditional music (국악; 國樂; gugak; lit.
Music festivals of all genres are included, including rock festivals, classical music festivals, jazz festivals, K-pop festivals, pop festivals, electronic music festivals, and folk festivals, among other types. Note that festivals featuring music among other arts may be included here, but are also categorized under arts festivals.