On the 7th at 10:30 AM, 'Hanbok Donation Ceremony' held in the district office multipurpose room... Part of the 2019 Jongno Hanbok Festival planning program, 'Hanbok Upcycling Project - Again, Hanbok'
[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Jongno-gu (District Mayor Kim Young-jong) will hold a 'Hanbok Donation Ceremony' at 10:30 a.m. on the 17th in the multipurpose room of the district office to deliver hanboks donated last year to multicultural families in the area.
This donation ceremony is part of the 2019 Jongno Hanbok Festival planning program, the ‘Hanbok Upcycling Project - Again, Hanbok.’ It involves receiving hanboks that have been unused and sleeping in wardrobes regardless of age, gender, or purpose, and either rebirthing them as upcycled items or utilizing them in festival space arrangements.
From July to August last year, Jongno-gu received a total of 243 hanboks donated by 114 donors nationwide over about a month. The collection includes hanboks with precious stories, from those tailored by mothers to be worn at weddings to the first hanbok purchased for a child's first birthday party.
Jo Kyung-sook, a holder of Seoul City Intangible Cultural Property No. 11 in embroidery, Park Chang-sook, president of the Association for Proper Wearing of Our Clothes, and others participated as advisors to classify the donated hanbok items and conducted selection and appraisal work.
Additionally, the Changsin Communication Workshop community group, Mongsang Boutique, and the Pyeongchang-dong residents' group The Quilt used the donated hanboks to produce items such as Cheongsachorong (traditional Korean lanterns), hanbok goreum (ribbons), and hanbok aprons, which were used and sold on-site during the festival period.
The district plans to repair some of the donated hanboks into custom-fitted hanboks after expert inspection and deliver them to a total of 17 multicultural family residents selected as recipients at the donation ceremony on the 17th.
Furthermore, hanboks will be donated to the Korean Pavilion in Cambodia, scheduled for completion in March, to widely promote the beauty of our elegant traditional clothing.
District Mayor Kim Young-jong stated, “Hanbok is not just clothing but a precious cultural heritage imbued with the wisdom, culture, and spirit of the Korean people. I would like to express my gratitude to many who have come together to ensure that hanboks filled with precious memories can be meaningfully reused. We will continue to take the lead in promoting the value and excellence of hanbok.”
Jongno-gu will hold the ‘2020 Jongno Hanbok Festival’ in September, a gathering of everything about hanbok, the symbol of traditional culture and our precious traditional attire. Since 2016, the hanbok festival has been held annually to promote the beauty of hanbok not only domestically but worldwide and to contribute to revitalizing the local economy.
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