The Korean Cultural Centre launches tonight a Korean Culture Week, where Egyptian people will have an opportunity to experience different aspects of the Korean Culture.
In co-operation with Century Cinema, Fine Arts Sector, and the Cairo Opera House, the Korean Culture Week, which will run until October 30 – includes the Korean Movie “Gala Evening” in Cairo, Korean Art Exhibition and ‘Let’s K-Pop’ in Cairo.
The Korean Movie “Gala Evening” will begin at 6pm at the Galleria Mall Cinema (Century Cinema) at the Grand Nile Tower Hotel.
A new series of Korean movies including “Moving on”, “Birthday”, “Maggie”, and “Honest Candidate” will be screened over four days until October 24. Ahmed Shawky Cultural Centre in Giza will host the Korean Art Exhibition to be run from October 23-30.
The exhibition will celebrate the Korean traditional and modern arts including folk paintings (Minhwa), handicrafts, traditional Korean paper (Hanji), ceramic and seashell arts.
The exhibition is scheduled to host a series of art workshops to allow visitors to experience painting and colouring on traditional hand fans and Korean masks, as well as writing on Hanji paper.
Meanwhile, the Opera House‘s Small Theatre will host the ‘K-Pop competition titled ‘let’s K-Pop in Cairo’ on October 26. Ten groups in the singing and dancing categories will take part in the competition which will run from 4:00pm.
Oh Sung-ho, Director of the Korean Cultural Centre, said it is so meaningful to see the growing popularity of K-culture in Egypt, noting that the Korean Cultural Centre is seeking to resume its public events after the prolonged disrupt due to Covid-19 pandemic.
He invited the hallyu fans in Egypt to enjoy this week-long hybrid event while leveraging their knowledge about the Korean culture.
Oh Sung-ho expressed the hope that this event as well as all cultural activities held by the Centre to contribute well in strengthening cultural understanding between Egypt, and South Korea.
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