• -Story telling performance by Indian artists based on well-known Korean traditional folk tales, ‘Faithful Daughter Sim Cheong’, ‘Heungbu and Nolbu’ and ‘The Story of Princess Huh’.”

  Korean Cultural Centre India has announced that they have started ‘Story Telling Program’, for Indian School Students from 25th April 2022. ‘Story Telling Program’ is a part of Korean Cultural Centre India's "Indian Schools Project," where through story telling play, Korean traditional tales are performed for the Indian school students. Starting with ASN Senior Secondary School on 25th April 2022, where ‘Faithful Daughter Sim Cheong’ was performed, 2,808 students from seven schools will get to watch plays like ‘Heungbu and Nolbu’ and ‘The Story of Princess Huh’ before their summer vacation.

  Soumya Pandagre(an 8th grade student at ASN School) said, "Through the story of ‘Faithful Daughter Sim Cheong’, I was able to appreciate the true bond between a daughter and father, and I was reminded once again that the only thing that matters, whether one is poor or rich, is the true relationship between people."

Ms. Vinita Nanda Bhutani(teacher, Mount Abu School) said, “Through ‘The story of Princess Huh’, I was able to learn about the long-established relationship between Korea and India, which began 2,000 years ago, and I hope that for the development of each country, Korea and India will continue and grow as good friends in the future.”

Korean Cultural Centre India plans to have the ‘Story Telling Program’ session at Indian schools 20 times a year, and is also planning to conduct the ‘Online Storytelling Program’ by sending the video recordings of the three Korean tales mentioned above, to 119 MOU schools.

In addition, Korean Cultural Centre India is also organizing the KCCI Tour Program from March 22. Till the summer vacation starts, KCCI will be having 209 students from eight different Indian schools to visit Korean Cultural Center to experience Hanbok, Korean food, Taekwondo, and Korean traditional games. Korean Cultural Centre India is planning to organize the KCCI Tour Program 50 times a year.

The Director of Korean Cultural Centre India, Mr. Hwang Il-Yong, said, “The month of May is called as ‘the month of family’ in Korea for there are holidays dedicated for family participants like 5th May(Children Day), 8th May(Parent Day). Celebrating 5th May, ‘Children Day’, and hoping Indian children also must be recognized and respected, we have prepared these special events for Indian children and students. We hope that the ‘Story Telling Program’ and ‘KCCI Tour Program’, which has re-started offline will serve as a good opportunity for Indian school students to get interested in Korean culture and will also help them learn more about Korea.”

Attachments

• -7 schools performance schedule

• -Photos from ‘Story Telling Program’ performance held at 2022

• -Details about stories and artists

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