Family-friendly activities throughout the day will include story time featuring Korean fairy tales and folktales, a scavenger hunt and other hands-on activities inspired by the museum’s collections. Photo: National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution.
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art presents its annual celebration of Chuseok, or Korean Thanksgiving, featuring music and dance performances, family-friendly activities, art and food vendors, hands-on crafts and more. Free and open to the public, the festival will be held Saturday, Sept. 19, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is centered on the art of Tal (탈), or Korean masks. The festival brings this centuries-old tradition to a contemporary stage with a headlining performance by Insun Park & Generals.
Traveling to Washington, D.C., from Seoul, South Korea, the group blends Korean traditional music, mask dance rhythms and contemporary rock. Lead singer Insun Park, a master of Korea’s renowned Gangnyeong mask dance tradition, incorporates dance throughout the performance…