On the weekend of Oct 3rd, soon after my China trip, I was able to go to the Andong Mask Festival! Andong is one of the oldest cities in South Korea, and is seen as the cultural center of all the old traditions.
The most famous of the Korean masks, the Ha-hwae-tal
Andong is also famous for it's jim-dalk! (Or stewed marinated chicken with noodles and veggies)
Soooooooooooo yummy!
We were also able to make the traditional masks that we saw in the performances!
This is the traditional woman's mask, the gak-shi-tal.
Hong-sung's is the traditional man's mask
The kids were doing a performance of the Korean mask dance
Then we saw the real one later on!
All the performers were men, as per tradition.
They also had village totems up with people writing and tying their wishes to the strings around them
Our wishes
Hong-sung and I had a great time at the Andong Mask Festival and I was so grateful to have such a great tour guide!
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