[South Korea] Dec 09 2007 ---- Wongak Temple Visit

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GIC arranged the Wongak temple visit located in the Gwangju downtown area. Around 25 people including foreigners and Koreans attended the event. I went with Raheel and learned to sing Jindo Arirang and Traditional Musical instruments to play. We reached the temple around 5PM and learned song and instruments till 6PM. After that the dinner of bibimpap was served at the temple. This program is free of charge. I met a Nepali guy named Sudheer and another lady who works for the Kona volunteers. Every month there is an advertisement in the Gwangju News about the Kona volunteers. She arranges the home stay program for foreigners with Korean families. After the dinner, we went to walk around in the downtown area with Sudheer who bought us drinks and we came back to GIST at 8PM. The trip was interesting and we learned a new aspect of the culture. This program was free of charge. Bus 9 goes directly from GIST to downtown in about an hour. The GIC office is located across the road on Culture Complex subway station bus stop in the Jeon-il building fifth floor. I frogot to bring my camera so I requested the GIC staff to send me the pictures of the event.