EXCITING NEWS: TNG WhatsApp Channel is LIVE…
Subscribe for FREE to get LIVE NEWS UPDATE. Click here to subscribe!
The Korean Cultural Centre says the performance of the Bongsan Mask Dance Drama team at the just concluded Calabar Festival is to mark 10 years of the Embassy’s relocation from Lagos to Abuja.
The Director of the center, Mr. Han Sungrae, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday.
“The team performed for the first time on Dec. 26 at U J Esuene Stadium during the Carnival Kings and Queens Night as part of the Korean Cultural Day event.
“The 17-member team also participated in the street carnival of Dec 28; they performed Korean traditional music dance called Salmulnori, Mask dance, and Lion dance.
“Their performances were quite humorous and exciting,’’ Sungrae said.
He noted that the Chairman of Calabar Carnival Commission, Mr. Gabe Onah, expressed gratitude to the Korean team for their participation, saying Nigerians enjoyed their shows, especially the Mask and Lion dances.
Sungrae expressed satisfaction with the participation of the Korean team in the carnival.
“I want to express the willingness of Korea to also be part of other festivals in many parts of Nigeria such as Kaduna, Port-Harcourt among other states.’’
Calabar Carnival, which started in 2004, is organized by the government of Cross River.
It has since become one of the biggest street carnival and tourism attraction in Africa with about one million people taking part in the carnival.