[Eng] 2022-12-01

영상 요약
There is a festival called "Homowo" in Ghana, which means celebrating the harvest season by ridiculing the famine that killed many people in Ghana long ago. The festival, which can be enjoyed throughout the last week of August, is noisy and exotic with loud drum sounds and people's dance.


Q. What are the biggest festivals in your country?
= The Palace Culture Festival is Korea's largest traditional festival to enjoy various programs about traditional old palaces in October.

Q. How do you celebrate those festivals in your country?
= If you visit the palace during the festival, you can enjoy various old traditional experiences such as performances, exhibitions, music, food, and rituals as if you were a person who lived in the palace.

Q. Do you enjoy watching festivals?
= Of course. In Korea, various festivals are held in each region throughout the year. It is very fun to experience the unique customs and food of a faraway region.

Q. Have you experienced some foreign festivals?
= It has never been a festival period when I traveled to another country. But I really want to go to Oktoberfest, the beer festival in Germany someday.

Q. Do you think festivals showcase one's culture?
= Of course. One festival tells you all about the local food, clothing and shelter culture and customs. For example, when you go to festivals in cold areas, you can see how they have endured the freezing cold in winter.

Q. Why do countries have festivals?
= People want to share both joy and sorrow with the community. More enjoyable or less sad. And all together what they do also brings everyone together.

Q. Given the chance, would you also be willing to organize a big festival?
= In fact, I majored in the study of storytelling of various types of cultural content. However, festival planning is very huge and complex, and many people's interests are intertwined.

작문
In your opinion, what is the most beautiful thing about the African culture?
= To me as a foreigner, Africans seem to know how to sublimate their hardships into joy. In fact, the same goes for Korea, but drought, poverty, aggression, and war have afflicted many Africans for a long time. Africans shared their pain with everyone through native events such as festivals, and dedicated and celebrated the happiness between them to God. It was their humility, patience, and the power to overcome hardships. Such a spirit and culture is the most beautiful thing.