CelloGayageum

Wednesday, December 29th, 2021 01:40 am
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From the description of the below videos:
CelloGayageum is a duet of Austrian cellist Sol Daniel Kim and Korean gayageum player Yoon Da-young. Founded in Berlin, Germany in 2016, the two pursue an extraordinary collaboration between East and West, featuring the two similar yet different instruments.

I like how the two instruments sound together. The music feels relaxing to me, neither happy nor sad.

On the Youtube playback page, these 3 videos have a neat "360 degree" feature that lets you move the viewpoint to look in any direction. (Oh wow, it even works in the embed!)



[360VR] CelloGayageum (첼로가야금) ‘Sound of the Ocean (바다소리)’ _ 360° Video

[360VR] CelloGayageum (첼로가야금) ‘Arirang-19 (아리랑-19)’ _ 360° Video


CelloGayageum Bandcamp page

ADG7

Friday, August 20th, 2021 04:04 pm
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ADG7 is another Korean group whose music and performances I enjoy. They use traditional instruments, and the songs I've listened to so far are very lively and upbeat.
"The colorful costumes are derived from images of shamans who wear vividly colored clothes and bold jewelry. Crossdressing expresses shamans' genderless quality because they are mediums channeling heaven and earth. As for the vocalists, they often wear women's hanbok while putting on traditional hats worn by men," Park explained.


Like Leenalchi, I discovered them via the Arirang TV channel's club.KOM show.


Video title: [Club.KOM] ADG7 (악단광칠) & Aucha (어차)
Posted by: Club KOM - 클럽닷컴
Date posted: Oct 14, 2020




Video title: Ak Dan Gwang Chil - “Youngjeonggeori” (Bonus Track)
Posted by: Skirball Cultural Center
Date posted: Sep 3, 2020



I haven't yet been able to find out what ADG7 (Ak Dan Gwang Chil) stands for. (see below)
(Google Translate says it is Haitian Creole for "and chilled teeth"! LOL, but doesn't give any result for Korean.)
I am guessing that "Ak Dan Gwang" is Korean for the letters A, D, G, and Chil is Korean for the number 7 (which still wouldn't tell me what they stand for), but I haven't even been able to confirm that much. When you count from one to ten, seven is not "chil", but... oh yes, I posted about the different Korean counting systems before, and "chil" does mean seven!

Their Bandcamp page: https://adg7.bandcamp.com/


Update: [personal profile] mellowtigger found an explanation of the band's name. In this video, bandmembers answered:
"Akdan" means a group of musicians; And we were formed on the 70th anniversary of Gwangbok-jeol [the National Liberation Day]. And that is why we're called AKDAN-GWANG-7.
We came up with the name with an intention to remember the true meaning of liberation and those who are still suffering after all these years."


I've determined that the Google Translate webpage only translates Korean text which is entered/pasted in the Korean alphabet (Hangul). It doesn't work for romanized versions of Korean text in the Latin alphabet.
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Korean band "Leenalchi" performing their song "Tiger is Coming" with the Ambiguous Dance Company:



Video title: One Day X Ambiguous Dance Company - Beom is coming down [You Heeyeol’s Sketchbook] | Broadcast on KBS 201009
Posted by: KBS Kpop
Date posted: Oct 9, 2020


From Leenalchi's album, SUGUNGGA, based on a traditional tale.
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Even more amusing than the clips I've seen about phallic imagery in Bhutan...

South Korea has a family-oriented "Penis Park":
https://adayinmylife.livejournal.com/2483806.html

korean island walk

Saturday, June 17th, 2017 03:35 pm
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This is so cute.

Very good dog crashes every street view shot of this South Korean island

If you explore the map, the island itself is lovely too, beautiful ocean views, fields, a wooded path with interesting things along the way... there's a cool silvery monument in one spot along the path. I haven't found a way to link directly to that location. But (looking at the overview map), it is right near where the path along the east side of the island forks in the middle.

The island is called Jukdo.

(After more wandering along the map-path) This island is like a video game! One page I read said the island has only 3 families; another page said it had 2 inhabitants. And that the island has no running water, that rainwater must be collected, or it must be brought over from the nearby larger island of Ulleung.

But judging by the map-photos, it must be a somewhat popular tourist destination. There is a small building at the southern loop of the path, which appears to have bathrooms. There's a wood fence along the path, with many little rest/overlook areas and picnic tables/benches. There's another building with signs in front, which may be a restaurant. There are signs/markers along the path (in Korean, so I don't know what they say).

Ah, now I feel I must post some screenshots after all.






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Comparing YouTube's automatic captioning/transcriptions to what I hear spoken in the videos impresses upon me how intelligent our brains are - to be able to decipher spoken words and phrases, even when the speech is not clear.

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moon big
moon round

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Still reading the 2nd book in the dragon tattoo girl series. It is engrossing.

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EarthFare had black garlic for sale. This particular brand is a product of the U.S.A; $5 for a packet of 2 bulbs. I tossed a packet into my shopping cart, thinking, "I've been wanting to try that!" (remembering being intrigued by what I had read about it). I haven't yet opened the packet.

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Why people eat tofu when they get out of prison in Korea.

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