After maedeup class on Saturday, we went to the Olympic Park to visit our maedeup teacher who was demonstrating maedeup in the 8th HanSeong Backje Cultural Festival 2007.
The Peace Gate, which was designed by Kim Chung-up is 24 meters tall, 37 meters wide, and 62 meters deep.
The Olympic Flame. The Olympics were held in Seoul in 1988.
An ancient game being played by children. They throw the colored rectangles onto the mat, over and over again.
A Korean painter painting my last name in Korean.
He makes it look so easy.
Meverden in Korean. All for the cost of 2000 won (about $2 US).
Women weaving straw.
Straw shoes.
Another Korean art.
Children playing in clay. I was told that children don't have the opportunity to play in dirt or clay so this was recreated to give the children a sense of the past.
Local pottery.
Children creating their own pottery.
Local painters displayed their art.
We found a lot of street food but what we never did find was our maedeup teacher.
