KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 (Bernama) -- A festival where participants can learn to make Kimchi is cooking up a storm in Jeonju, the ‘city of taste’.
Jeonju City announced the 2021 Jeonju Kimchi Culture Festival, an event organised by Jeonju Food Integrated Support Center, is held online and across the city area including Jeonju Stadium from Nov 2 to 30.
Held for the third time this year, Jeonju Kimchi Culture Festival is staged in different locations at different times considering the COVID-19 situation. While last year’s festival provided the Kimchi making (Kimjang) experience programme only as a Drive-Thru event, it is held as both a Drive-Thru and an onsite event this year.
According to a statement, the festival offers 12 programmes including Kimchi making, Kimchi sharing, Kimchi culture tour, and other specialised programmes.
The Kimjang experience, the main programme, is held as a Drive-Thru event on Nov 19 with 450 family-unit participants. On Nov 20 and 21, 150 families, in groups of 25 families per session, will experience Kimchi making at Jeonju Stadium. In addition, Kimjang experience for multicultural families and overseas students is provided at Jeonju Kimchi Cultural Center and each university.
On Nov 19 and 20, the Kimchi sharing event is held. Organisations and groups in Jeonju donate Kimchi to the neglected class. The programme also includes a 'Kimchi Sharing with Story' event where participants can send Kimchi to the people who they want to express gratitude to or the neighbours in need.
A Jeonju Agricultural Technology Center official said: “Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the excellence of Kimchi on human health has been verified across the world.
“As much as so, we prepared this festival to help participants experience and learn about Korea’s traditional culture of Kimchi making, which has been registered as the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.”
-- BERNAMA
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