Events
These photos were taken at the 2007 Samgaksan International Mountain Culture Festival. The Festival was held on the weekend of June 23 and 24 at the Hotel Green Park in Gangbuk-gu, Seoul, in the shadow of the imposing crags of Yongbong. The KML were VIP guests at the event and took the opportunity to discuss environmental issues facing Korea's mountains with government officials, including Gangbuk-gu mayor, Kim Hyun Poong.
The opinions expressed by the KML were positively received and overall it was a successful (though somewhat culturally lacking in the international sense) festival.
Above: The Korean Bargel Yodel Association performing on opening night of the Mountain Culture Festival.
Above: Jam Stick, a percussion group, performs their comedic routine on opening night.
Above: The Samgaksan Taekwondo Exhibition Team display poom-se (prearranged fighting patterns) for the crowd.
Above: Mr Kim Woo-sun, editor-in-cheif of Mountain World Magazine.
Below: Gangbuk-gu mayor, Mr Kim Hyun-poong, and KML President, Mr Shawn James Morrissey, at the close of the Mountain Culture Festival and the beginning of, in Mayor Kim's words, "the Makgeolli Festival."
*Makgeolli is a traditional Korean unrefined rice wine.
Above: Gangbuk-gu officials, translators, volunteers, and event organisers of the Mountain Culture Festival.
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