Saturday, September 17, 2011

Event | KOREA DAY NYC '11 -Central Park-

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The Korean American Globalization Committee of Eastern US organized 
the NYC’s second annual Korea Day! It was celebrated on AUGUST 16 2011, 
in the heart of Central Park (Naumburg Bandshel).

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People


Many Korean restaurant businesses in the local area supported this festivity, 
which started at 11am and ended up around 7pm. It was simply AMAZING.

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FREE FOOD. \o/

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Filled with great live outdoor performances, contests & Korean F-O-O-D. 
Also, the so announced New York Kpop Contest hosted by the Korean 
pop culture news website allkpop was conducted there.


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AllKpop

The eight contestants that made it to the finals out of the many contestants 
that auditioned online via Youtube, performed live at the event around 5pm.

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Contestants.

The winner of the contest in this case  the 16 years old  Madison Gunst                           
received a round-trip ticket to Korea sponsored by Asiana Airlines
& is able to participate in the ‘Worldwide KPOP Contest” 
taking place in Korea on November 26, 2011.


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Ice Cream. T-A-S-T-Y-!

The objective of this festivity was to share the native Korean culture with 
New Yorkers. Thats why in order to promote Korean culture & Korean food,  
They decided to serve traditional Korean dishes such as Bulgogi, Daegi 
Bulgogi, lettuce wraps, Kimchi, Korean pancakes, Japchae, Ddukboki, 
& Bibimbap at the event. 

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Your Best Kimchi Face Contest


They also had an special guest from Korea. The band ‘Sorea‘, who specialize in 
performing traditional Korean music. And talking bout traditional, they had Cultural 
booths where people could also try on traditional Korean clothing (hanbok). ♥

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Trying on Hanboks
W. my friend Sergio














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Random shot on a kid's bag. 
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Random Shots of my friends ♥ 
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