Posted at 10:58 p.m., Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Korean groups herald lunar new year Saturday
Advertiser Staff
Korean cultural organizations will hold a traditional celebration of the first full moon in the new lunar year in the Ke'eaumoku Shopping District from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday with Jishin Balpki 2007, a procession of about 30 drummers and dancers from four different cultural groups.The procession will make its way to about 25 different businesses and organizations in the district to celebrate the Year of the Boar.
The event is being sponsored by the Korean American Foundation of Hawai'i and the United Korean Association of Hawai'i.
Participating organizations will be the Tu-Ool-Lim (the University of Hawai'i at Manoa Korean drumming group), BuhSumSae (the Brigham Young University Hawai'i Korean drumming group), the Korean Traditional Dance Institute, and the Hawai'i Korean Farmers Music Association.
