Chuseok Fiesta @ Our Apartment

So many wines to choose from. Only that....I couldn't touch one of these.^-

Some people did contribute these arrays of wines for wine lovers to choose from.

What a sight to behold, then... 

It's about 6.30 pm and we started pouring into the parking lot where the fiesta was held. Some food were already set on the table, while others were being prepared by the ones in charged. 

Yup, this has been our tradition of celebrating Korean Thanksgiving Day (Chuseok) by gathering together at the front yard of our apartment. 

People started to come down from their apartment and mingled with the others.

The flags from numerous countries were deliberately hung to 'denote' and 'celebrate' the diversity we had right here in our foreign apartment. 

Then...lunch/breakfast no..definitely not breakfast ...neither lunch. it's dinner.

The array of brought-about a.k.a. home made specialties of different nationalities were delectably tasty.

Okay..we were overwhelmed by the varieties of food "laid" on the table...

But when it comes to eating time, we didn't mind. We're like in heaven. 

Barbecue, spaghetti, pasta, bread, cakes, peanut, pudding, from different countries were present to suit any palate and taste...

Most of foreign professors did contribute their own specialties...

a sense of being in one community was what brought us together

a truly characteristics of the HUFS professors & students in the apartment.

*So, how's Chuseok this weeekkk?"

#WEll, one thing for sure, it was quite breathtaking....to dig into all of those food alone.

Wait...I thought they were....

learning Korean at the Pureun Multicultural Center. But..how come that I found this footage?

It looks like they were in some kind of parks...

I just learned that these Moms were having their time learning Korean at the park while of course chattering other stuffs.

One from Philippines, one from Vietnam, one from China, two from Indonesia.

Except the ones from Indonesia, the rest are Moms of multicultural families in Korea. 

Oh, there were others, too. I should've known.

Looks like they sure had a time of their life. 

Exposed themselves to Korean life and adapted themselves to other cultures brought by their peer friends Moms.

Saman Dance @ Multicultural Center Fiesta

An annual event in our previous neighborhood: 다문화축제  (Multicultural Festival). This is our 2nd time participating in the event. Being foreigners in Imundong where lots of foreigners reside, we feel obliged to 'get in touch' and know where we live. 

So, we end up associating ourselves in Pureun Multicultural Center where lots of activities to cater the needs of those both Korean and foreign nationals to mingle and understand each other's cultures. 

Indonesian team teamed up with our Korean counterparts performed Saman Dance (a traditional dance originated from Aceh, Sumatra). It took my wife and Ulfa..let's see..hardly a month to teach other Korean friends to be able to perform the energetic and no-mistake-or-we-are-doomed-:-D)-kind-of-dance. 

It was a relief that we did excel beyond our expectation...

and 'Encore! 'Encore!' exclamation sort of acknowledged our efforts to put in on the show.