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Korea Home at Maison de la Chimie (Home of Chemistry) on the seventh arrondissement in Paris [KOREAN SPORT AND OLYMPIC COMMITTEE]
The Ministry of Tradition, Sports activities and Tourism will likely be working its largest ever makeshift cultural heart Korea Home throughout the upcoming Olympic Video games Paris 2024, it mentioned by a press launch Friday.
Co-hosted with the Korean Sport and Olympic Committee, Korea Home will function from July 25 to Aug. 11 at Maison de la Chimie (Home of Chemistry) on the seventh arrondissement in Paris.
The Korea Home has been arrange for each Olympic Recreation for the reason that 2004 Summer time Olympics in Athens in a bid to help Korean athletes and facilitate sports activities diplomacy. Extra not too long ago, it has additionally been internet hosting a slew of cultural occasions selling Korea.
This 12 months, 15 private and non-private organizations will partake within the Korea Home to showcase a big selection of the nation’s cultural charms, together with dance, artwork, music, meals and trend, in line with the ministry.
The Korea Tourism Group (KTO) will likely be internet hosting Ok-pop and break dance exhibits, open Ok-pop classes and Ok-beauty cubicles the place individuals can get their make-up accomplished with Korean merchandise and obtain magnificence consultations.
The Korea Tradition and Arts Schooling Service will host a joint dance present “A la Principal” with youths from Korea and France. The efficiency is helmed by the French nonprofit dance firm DaPoPa and Korea’s Ahn Eun-me Firm.
The Korea Craft and Design Basis is ready to carry a hanbok (conventional clothes) trend present, and the Korean Nationwide Ballet will stage a efficiency with gugak (conventional music).
The Korea Publication Business Promotion Company will likely be selling Korean literature by a stay portray present by image guide artist Lee Ki-hoon in addition to panel talks with authors Baik Sou-linne, Yun Ko-eun and Bernard Minier.
The Korea Home will maintain everlasting exhibitions as nicely.
The KTO collaborated with BTS’s company HYBE to introduce cultural occasions and vacationer scorching spots round Korea. It should additionally show Ok-pop stage outfits and supply alternatives for guests attempt on conventional and trendy hanbok and take footage towards backdrops of Korea’s consultant vacationer spots.
The Tradition Ministry will maintain an exhibition on hanbok, hanji (Korean paper) and hansik (conventional meals).
The Korean Basis for Worldwide Cultural Change and Korea Ceramic Basis will collectively host a Korean craft exhibition.
The Korea Artistic Content material Company will helm a media artwork exhibit.
Korean conglomerate CJ Group, prompt images sales space operator Photoism, beer firm Cass and pastry chain Paris Baguette will even participate at this 12 months’s Korea Home to showcase Korean movies, music, meals and their merchandise.
All of the occasions on the Korea Home are freed from cost. Reservations are required by its official web site.
“That is the primary time this many associated establishments are set to participate in Korea Home on this large a scale,” a ministry official mentioned in a launch. “Transferring ahead, Korea Home will after all help athletes and sports activities diplomacy however will even present quite a lot of cultural contents to advertise Korean tradition to everybody gathered for the Olympics.”
BY LEE JIAN [lee.jian@joongang.co.kr]
