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Pedro Almodóvar,
La casa de papel,
the football league and
Iberian ham
are largely to blame for the fact that the number of
Korean tourists in Spain
has multiplied by 10 in recent years, reaching 63,000 in 2019. But more still some
reality shows
and series from that country set in ours. From
Memories of the Alhambra
, filmed in the Granada monument, to
Youn's Kitchen
, a kind of
Nightmare in the kitchen,
whose
second season
was filmed in Tenerife. Then there would be
Korean Hostel in Spai
n, where the protagonists become hoteliers on the Camino de Santiago.
"This program has made us the seventh nationality in the world with the most pilgrims," says the
South Korean
ambassador to
Spain, Bahk Sahng-hoon.
Proud of the figures, now he wants them to be reversed as well, so that we Spaniards travel more to
the eastern state
.
For this, K-Week, the Korean week in Madrid, is celebrated these days, with K for its initial in English, Korea.
"The objective is that they know us a little more", adds the ambassador.
In this way, the capital will become until the 21st in a stage open to all kinds of
activities related to
South Korean
culture,
gastronomy and traditions from the hand of its Tourism Organization.
Lanterns decorating Madrid's Callejón de Puigcerdá.
There is everything, starting with the decoration of enclaves such as the
Callejón de Puigcerdá
with more than 1,000 colorful lotus-shaped lanterns, whose mission is none other than to illuminate the dark areas of the soul.
Also watch out for the
traditional drawings with a
built-in
QR code
that dot the streets of Madrid, since they allow you to participate in a contest to win a mobile phone or a dinner for two in a Korean restaurant in the capital.
Witnesses of the tea ceremony
The kitchen is still present with a workshop on the 18th and 20th to prepare dishes such as
tteokbokki,
with rice, broth and hot sauce.
"We give as much importance to food as we do here, since we are very similar:
we like to eat, go out, dance
... For that reason, it is said that Korea is a Latin Asian country," says
Luke Jang
, born in Seoul and chef at the Luke restaurant
in the Salamanca district.
Chef Luke Jan, with one of his dishes.
Whoever wants to know what
an authentic Korean house is like
can visit, until Thursday, the one installed in Costanilla de San Vicente, 5. There, in the heart of the Malasaña neighborhood, the designers Seonyoung Lee and Hyojin Lee have recreated the traditional
hanok
style
«based on of wood,
games of light and colors
and a lot of ceramics ", comments the first one next to the screen in which four elements of the oriental culture are represented:" sun, moon, sea and mountain ". Anyone who comes to the house can enjoy
the tea ceremony
, see how they play the
gayageum
, a typical instrument, learn the art of knots (
Maedeu
) or play
yutnori
,
a kind of Asian Ludo
associated with the lunar new year.
Interior of the house recreated as a traditional Korean.
The list of experiences continues with the Korean film sessions at the
Gran Vía Capitol
, where films such as
Parasites, will
be screened
.
winner of the Oscar for best film
in 2020,
The Maiden
and
The Empire of Shadows
.
In addition, today a kite festival is held from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the
Plaza de Colón
, the epicenter of
From Korea to the Sky
, an outdoor party where there will also be
K-Pop shows,
the musical genre of the famous
Gangnam Style
that He went around the world.
Not surprisingly, his video was the first on YouTube to achieve a billion views.
Food trucks will
accompany the dance
with local delicacies and a stand to answer questions from future travelers.
Exhibition of photographs of different destinations in the Asian country.
There will also be a
taewkondo exhibition
at 11:00, 12:30 and 16:30, with the participation of the Spanish Olympic champion
Coral Bistuer
.
The calligraphy and
K-Beauty
workshops,
the world's fashion cosmetics, will be held on Tuesday and Thursday at the
Kailani space
(Jerónimo de la Quintana, 8).
The first will be given by
La Vecina Coreana
, a famous
youtuber
who has been living in Madrid for several years, analyzing, in a humorous way, the cultural clashes with her place of origin.
A moment from the calligraphy workshop.
The
calligraphy workshops
run by Professor Hayoung Cho, an
expert in this ancient technique.
The Kailani space is also the venue for the
50 Destination Korea
Photographic Exhibition
.
From the traditional village of Hahoe, founded in the 14th century, to the
tea plantations of Boseon
g or the Maisan Provincial Park, whose meaning is none other than "horse ear mountains".
The route ends with another exhibition, that of traditional
chaekgori
painting
,
centered on still lifes.
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