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Let's go to Edinburgh, England.

The world's largest performing arts festival is in full swing.

Here, too, the status of Korean culture could be confirmed.



Correspondent Kwak Sang-eun reported on the spot.



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Scottish folk songs from Taepyeongso and Gayageum melodies catch the attention of passersby.



[Evie Martin/British audience: It's a very beautiful performance.]



The Edinburgh Festival, the world's largest performing arts festival, this year, 2,300 artists participated in 160 concerts, including classical music, opera, popular music, theater, and dance, for about three weeks. put on a performance.



The entire city center is transformed into a gigantic concert hall, and 11 teams from Korea perform over 100 performances.



In particular, it is the first time in 9 years that a Korean work has been invited to an international festival, which can be said to be the main stage.



The main character of the invitation is Wang Raminez Company, a dance team led by pianist Seong-Jin Seong and Korean choreographer Hyeon-Jeong Wang.



[Hyeonjeong Wang / Choreographer Wang Raminez Company: Whether it’s dance, visual arts, or traditional music, I feel that there is a growing atmosphere to better understand Korean culture.] The



other 9 teams welcome audiences from all over the city theater, melodious Korean traditional music. Applause poured out on the stage where Korean modern dance was performed in line with the



[Meghan Amy/American audience: Korean dance is so popular that most of the artists that Americans who are interested in dancing 'follow' the most on social media are Koreans.]



Pansori transformed into a puppet show with cello accompaniment instead of a master's rhythm .

It gives the audience a big laugh.



[Mary Murata/British audience: About 15 years ago, Japanese culture was popular among young British people, but now the popularity of Korean culture has overtaken it.] It



also received a lot of attention from the local media.



[Fergus Linehan / Edinburgh Festival Director: Korean culture is now at the center of Western culture.

Such characteristics are also evident at the Edinburgh Festival.]



Interest in Korean culture, sparked by K-pop, K-drama, and K-movie, is now rapidly spreading to various performing arts fields such as dance and traditional music.



(Video coverage: Kim Si-nae, editing: Won-yang)