Seoul Street Arts Festival is the largest street arts festival in Korea providing high-standard street performances which mainly combined popularity and artistry. It is opened to public all over Seoul with no charge. Starting from 2003 with its original name, ‘Hi Seoul Festival’, it established itself as a festival specialized in street art in 2013. From 2016, it changed its name to
to consolidate its identity. The festival works as an art market by helping the selected pieces to be distributed and to be expanded into local and international art festivals. Now, it is becoming a street arts festival which represents Asia.
Seoul Street Arts Festival's performance program consists of two parts; which are “Official program” and “Off program”. There are programs that even citizens can easily participate in. Furthermore, citizens over 18 can join the festival as volunteers, which are called ‘Gil-dong-e’. This indicates “People moving on the road”, and their main roles are to plan the festival and to deal with the overall management and operation of it. About 300 people perform as ‘Gil-dong-e’ every year.
Seoul Street Arts festival(SSAF 2018) will be held from October 4th(Thu) to 7th(Sun), for 4 days, in the center of Seoul including Seoul Plaza, Cheonggye Plaza, Gwanghwamun Square, SejongDaero, Cheonggyecheonro, Deoksu Palace Stone Road, Urban regeneration place, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul citizen hall.
Gallery of Hi! Seoul Festival events
Image:Korea-Hi Seoul Festival-2006-11.jpg, Parade
Image:Korea-Hi Seoul Festival-2006-10.jpg, ''Girisi juldarigi'' (기리시 줄다리기), ''juldarigi'' (tug of war
Tug of war (also known as tug o' war, tug war, rope war, rope pulling, or tugging war) is a sport that pits two teams against each other in a test of strength: teams pull on opposite ends of a rope, with the goal being to bring the rope a certa ...
) originated in Girisi region of Dangjin
Dangjin () is a city in South Chungcheong Province,
South Korea. It stands on the south shore of the Bay of Asan. Dangjin borders Incheon, Pyeongtaek, and Hwaseong by sea, and Seosan, Yesan, and Asan by land. Its name means "Tang ferry," an ...
country, South Chungcheong Province
South Chungcheong Province ( ko, 충청남도, ''Chungcheongnam-do''), also known as Chungnam, is a province of South Korea. South Chungcheong has a population of 2,059,871 (2014) and has a geographic area of 8,204 km2 (3,168 sq mi) located in ...
Image:Korean dance-Bukcheong Saja Noreum-03.jpg, ''Bukcheong Sajanori'' (lion mask dance of Bukcheong region)
Image:Korea-Seoul-Janggu-01.jpg, ''Nongak
''Pungmul'' (; ) is a Korean folk music tradition that includes drumming, dancing, and singing. Most performances are outside, with dozens of players all in constant motion. ''Pungmul'' is rooted in the ''dure'' (collective labor) farming cultur ...
'' performer with ''janggu
The ''janggu'' (, also transliterated as ''janggo'' or ''changgo'') or sometimes called ''seyogo'' (slim waist drum) is the most representative drum in traditional Korean music. It is available in most kinds, and consists of an hourglass-shaped ...
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Image:Korea-Hi Seoul Festival-2006-13.jpg, Calligraphy
Image:Korea-Hi Seoul Festival-2006-02.jpg, ''Namsadangpae
The ''namsadang'' () is a Korean itinerant troupe which consists of male performers who present various performing arts such as acrobatics, singing, dancing and playing like a circus.
It is said that ''namsadang'' was spontaneously formed before ...
'' (남사당패), Korean itinerant troupes consisting of male performers
Image:Korea-Hi Seoul Festival-2006-06.jpg, ''Salpurichum'' (살풀이춤), Korean traditional dance aimed to exorcise evil spirits
Image:Korea-Hi Seoul Festival-2006-14.jpg, Fireworks
References
External links
SSAF Official siteSSAF FacebookSSAF Instagram
SSAF youtube
2017 SSAF - Official Seoul Tourism
Festivals in Seoul
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