Korea Day: Our Day

Today's blog recounts "The 9th Korea Day" celebration at Madras Christian College and my reception of the diploma certificate for completing a one-year language study program. The event commenced at 3:00pm yesterday (07-03-2024). The key personalities included our Principal, Dr.P.Wilson, Consul General of the Republic of Korea, Chennai and Chairman of PUAC.

So....the celebration featured four main events, starting with the Korean Cultural Festival 1. It was then followed by the 9th graduation of the MCC Korean Class, succeeded by the Korean Cultural Festival, concluded by the Korean Food Festival. 

Let's begin with the Korean Cultural Festival 1, which featured a series of K-pop dances, performed by crews including Bori girls, Keri girls, K-in girls and Anemo. There were also K-songs sung by team Dream Duo and our Korean Class students, along with a drama presented in titled "The Tale of Chunhyang". Yes... I shouldn't forget to mention that the gathering was taught "Arirang" by Ms.Lakshmi.

Next comes the 9th Graduation of the MCC Korean Class. It begun with the lighting of the candle by the Principal,Dr.P.Wilson, Mr. Kwon Young-Seup, Mr. Cho Sang-Hyun, Rev. Kim Sang-Min, Mr. Park Seung-Su, The Bursar, Dr. Rosy. Then the Guest of Honor was introduced by Dr. Prince Solomon,the Dean of International Program and Prof. Lee Hwarang,our seongsengnim.

The Welcome Greeting was proposed by our Principal of MC followed by the virtual address  by the President of Hanshin University. The Chief Guest, Consul General of the Republic of Korea, Chennai, then addressed the gathering.

There was also a special speech by our Korean class friends, Ms.Kavya and Ms.Karuli.

Then finally we arrived at the distribution of the Award of Diploma for one year course, Certificate Conferment for Basic level course followed by the Award ceremony for "The 3rd Beautiful Korean Writing Contest". The graduation ended with the vote of thanks by our 선생님...

The graduation came to an end but the cultural festival did not....

The Korean Cultural Festival continued with a K-traditional Mask Dance succeeded by a flashmob by all Korean class students. The teaching of "Arirang" finally bore fruit...yes,we sang the song along with the gathering. That moment was so splendid that I still feel goosebumps...haah. There was also a Korean folk tale was showcased along with a K-Pop dance performance by LDC dance group.

Definitely no celebration ends without good food enjoy alongside with our friends and family. The Korean Food Festival started at 6:30pm. The Food Festival included various delicious Korean foooood...불고기(Beulgogi), 잡채(Japchae), 닭강정 (fried chicken), 떡꼬치(rice cake skewers), 오이김치 (Cucumber kimchi), 수정과(Sujeonggwa).

Despite being unable to completely spectate the events, I was happy and in bliss hearing the feedback from my friends.Here ends the 9th Korea Day and my blog. Bye!!!!