Andong: Maskdance Festival

Herm, Fel, Fi, Ottie and I went to the Andong Maskdance Festival on my last weekend in Korea. It is, as its namesake, an event celebrating masks and dances from all over the world.

The Little Prince and me. And that’s a masked Shrek in the background.

Ottie being derp after finding his bovine equivalent.

Also we realise Ottie’s true age.

[edit] Ottie said that the above photo made him look rude, and he bade me post this photo instead:

A real wedding ceremony was held on the main grounds. People were even crying with joy.

Herm, Fi, and Ottie got lemonades, while I spent the best five minutes of my life making the owner’s baby laugh in his pram. He could have been a buddha for all I know, lying so serenely in his pram; whenever he giggled, which was often, it felt as though stars were falling. He was so precious. I hope I feel about my future kids the way I felt when I spent that five precious minutes with him. ♥♥♥

This kind shopkeeper offered me a huge piece of laver just because. :D

Corn dogs in Korea are the most insulated dogs I’ve ever had.

The lot of us met up with Mark & Beth, and we got tickets for a traditional masked performance. There were various acts for just S$2, but we left early after about half an hour of not understanding them. The performances had live instruments and the gags were pretty much understandable. However, I still couldn’t figure out what exactly I was watching despite the brochure’s summaries in English that was given out. It was entertaining to see that one act where the father and child tricked the gods though.

It was pretty surreal seeing the old couple in front of us wear a hanbok and a suit. They were so classy.

Fi had a date with Batman!

While I ended up in the arms of some suspicious person. XD

This was outside the grounds. I thought it was cute though. The text says［天下大将军］in Mandarin, though that probably could be read in Korean as well, meaning ‘the greatest general in the world’.