We were lucky enough to have one of our Korean friends take us to Oeammaul traditional village last weekend. You can wander around the traditional houses, have lunch at one of the many restaurants, and if you go on the right day, try one of the many Korean traditional activities. We didnt' get to pound rice, or pretend to get married, but we did get to play in mud, swing standing up, and try delicious new foods.
S. practicing for his second job as acrobat.
Lucky this was the training high wire.
Traditional clay jars for holding kimchi, gochujang (hot red pepper paste), and doengjang (like Japanese miso paste, but much more fermented...kind of the like the difference between the Japanese waiting in line for the subway and Koreans waiting in line for the subway).
And the houses where you can store some of your pots...I guess instead of burying them in the ground.
Behind a traditional marriage table - lots of food decoratively stacked including oranges, pears, peeled chestnuts, traditional rice cakes, and jujubes (Korean dates). All that's missing are the two chickens - honest.
Beautiful mountains in the background and evidence of new construction...they are building more traditional style homes for people to actually live in. There are actually a number of families that live within the village in homes just like the ones that are one display.
S. continuing his training.
No pictures of the food we ate - I ran out of photo space on my phone - so we have gratuitous pics of O. instead. Enjoy...
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