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Pride in Cultural Heritage: Dance and Costume: First Korea!

Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Hi Everyone,

The downside of global communication is the spread and homoginization of great cultures with the current USA and European fashion trends. The challenge is how to bring up to date customs of the past to the modern world. Is it possible at all?

I was disturbed to see a vidseo of a massive crowd of Korean youngsters and adults so enthusiastic for young men with "ghetto garb" grabbing their low slug jeans ghetto style, waving in the air as rappers. Behind them were 4 female dancers, actulually cheerleaders it seems, doing their standard sexy gymnastic routines. How boring!

So I was cheered by seeing a small Korean dance troupe with women and little girls performing dances, albeit of Korean Geishas, with hundereds' years-old thematics.

Having no camera I borrowed a bystander's Canon SD 450 digicam (set to ISO 100, unfortunately) and then corrected the black jpgs in CS2.

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© 2007 Asher Kelman


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© 2007 Asher Kelman

So please look to see if you have pictures of different cultures so we can all celebrate!


Asher
 
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Taha Belushi

New member
I saw a show on National Geo Channel about the "Kailash People" somewhere in the Mountains of Pakistan. Loved it , Amazing for some cultures the world has never changed.
 
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