KSI Santiago, Chile holds a Korean Culture Club Show

> Showing off activities of Korean singing, Hangeul calligraphy, and hanbok-making clubs
> A meaningful step for learners to actively seek out the Korean culture that “they want to learn about,” instead of Korean culture that “Korea wants to teach”

On July 8, a Korean Culture Show was held at KSI Santiago, Chile. In the first semester of 2023, KSI Santiago operated a total of three culture clubs: a Korean singing club “My Favorite Song with You,” a Korean calligraphy club “A World Designed with Calligraphy,” and a hanbok-making club “I am a Hanbok Designer.”

KSI Santiago changed the existing culture classes into club format starting this year, so that students can participate more autonomously. Every Saturday afternoon, the participants gathered at KSI, shared Korean culture, and had fun.

Participants of the Korean calligraphy club who designed bags, T-shirts, etc. with their favorite phrases.

First, the participants of the Korean singing club warmed up the event by singing songs of their favorite singers. Participants of the Hangeul calligraphy club designed bags, T-shirts, fans, etc. with their favorite phrases in Korean calligraphy and exhibited them, and explained their meaning. Lastly, the students of hanbok club held a fashion show with hanbok they made together with local fabrics and items. Students modeled on the runway and showed off the beauty of hanbok, and the students who designed them explained the intention and process of the design. Afterwards, the participants of hanbok club donated the hanbok they made to KSI, and they will be used for future Korean cultural events.

Participants of the hanbok club held a fashion show wearing hanbok made of local fabric and items.

Choi Jin-ok, President of KSI Santiago, said, “It was a meaningful activity of changing the existing method of instructors teaching Korean culture to that of students making ideas themselves and producing results. The learners did not stop at learning the culture that “Korea wanted to teach” but sought after the culture that “they wanted to learn.”

KSI Santiago plans to support the clubs to continue in the second semester this year, and expand to various other clubs by collecting opinions of students.