Opening Ceremony of “Haenyeo: Women of the Sea” at the Göteborg Maritime Museum
The exhibition “Haenyeo: Women of the Sea” is being held at the Göteborg Maritime Museum(exhibition period: March 3 to September 14). This exhibition is about the unique culture of Haenyeo(women divers) in Jeju, the biggest island of the Republic of Korea.
At the opening ceremony which took place on March 3, Ambassador Lee appreciated the importance of the exhibition as a landmark event for both the Swedish and the Koreans in Sweden to renew their perspectives about Korea and the diversity of the Korean culture, inspiring them to bring more creative cooperation and collaboration in the future. Ms. Mariya Voyvodova, Deputy Mayor and Chairman of the Cultural Committee of Göteborg City also attended the opening ceremony to congratulate on the exhibition.
According to the Göteborg Maritime Museum, the exhibition has been very successful and there were more than 900 visitors to the exhibition on the day of the opening.
The exhibition “Haenyeo: Women of the Sea” consists of two main parts: the exhibition of portrait photos(by Photographer Hyung Sun Kim) and the screening of a documentary film(‘Breathing Underwater’, by Director Hee Young Ko). In 2016, UNESCO inscribed the Jeju Haenyeo culture on its Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
(Göteborg Maritime Museum where the exhibition “Haenyeo: Women of the Sea” is being held)
(At the opening ceremony: Ambassador Lee Jeong-kyu(fourth from the right), Deputy Mayor of Göteborg City Mariya Voyvodova(third from the right), Director of Maritime Mueseum Björn Varenius(second from the right), Director Hee Young Ko(fifth from the left), Photographer Hyung Sun Kim(fourth from the left), Curator Min Jeong Ko(second from the left))
(Ambassador Lee and Deputy Mayor Voyvodova are delivering congratulatory remarks at the opening ceremony)
(Visitors at the exhibition “Haenyeo: Women of the Sea”)
(Curator Min Jeong Ko, Photographer Hyung Sun Kim and Director Hee Young Ko are talking with the audience following the screening of the documentary film “Breathing Underwater” at the Goteborg Maritime Museum on March 3.)
(The K-Pop dance team “IGNITE” gave a k-pop dance performance at the Maritime Museum, celebrating the opening of the exhibition. Ambassador Lee is taking a photo with members of IGNITE.)
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The exhibition “Haenyeo: Women of the Sea” is being held at the Göteborg Maritime Museum(exhibition period: March 3 to September 14). This exhibition is about the unique culture of Haenyeo(women divers) in Jeju, the biggest island of the Republic of Korea.
At the opening ceremony which took place on March 3, Ambassador Lee appreciated the importance of the exhibition as a landmark event for both the Swedish and the Koreans in Sweden to renew their perspectives about Korea and the diversity of the Korean culture, inspiring them to bring more creative cooperation and collaboration in the future. Ms. Mariya Voyvodova, Deputy Mayor and Chairman of the Cultural Committee of Göteborg City also attended the opening ceremony to congratulate on the exhibition.
According to the Göteborg Maritime Museum, the exhibition has been very successful and there were more than 900 visitors to the exhibition on the day of the opening.
The exhibition “Haenyeo: Women of the Sea” consists of two main parts: the exhibition of portrait photos(by Photographer Hyung Sun Kim) and the screening of a documentary film(‘Breathing Underwater’, by Director Hee Young Ko). In 2016, UNESCO inscribed the Jeju Haenyeo culture on its Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
(Göteborg Maritime Museum where the exhibition “Haenyeo: Women of the Sea” is being held)
(At the opening ceremony: Ambassador Lee Jeong-kyu(fourth from the right), Deputy Mayor of Göteborg City Mariya Voyvodova(third from the right), Director of Maritime Mueseum Björn Varenius(second from the right), Director Hee Young Ko(fifth from the left), Photographer Hyung Sun Kim(fourth from the left), Curator Min Jeong Ko(second from the left))
(Ambassador Lee and Deputy Mayor Voyvodova are delivering congratulatory remarks at the opening ceremony)
(Visitors at the exhibition “Haenyeo: Women of the Sea”)
(Curator Min Jeong Ko, Photographer Hyung Sun Kim and Director Hee Young Ko are talking with the audience following the screening of the documentary film “Breathing Underwater” at the Goteborg Maritime Museum on March 3.)
(The K-Pop dance team “IGNITE” gave a k-pop dance performance at the Maritime Museum, celebrating the opening of the exhibition. Ambassador Lee is taking a photo with members of IGNITE.)
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