With the end of mid- terms and final exams coming up, many Korean universities have festivals at their school where they hold multiple events that students can participate in and have fun. This week was the festival week for Korea University and during the final day for the festival week, a huge concert was held where many famous Korean artists were paid to perform at the school. Tickets were really cheap (around $9) and you were really getting bang for your buck as trying to see some of these artists individually would cost anywhere from $50 to $100. Also, there were about 8 famous artists in the lineup for the concert so it was really an event worth not missing. Although I did not know a lot of the artists since I was not too familiar with K-Pop, there were still a few artists I was able to recognize and be excited for, like Epik High or Akdong Musicians. For the beginning half of the festival, me and my friends tried to get as close as possible to the stage. However, 4 hours into the festival and with 3 hours remaining, I decided to give up in trying to stand for a whole 7 hours in a crowd of people and went to find a seat. It was fun being close to the stage but I could no longer bear the heat coming from the other people and also the constant standing that we would have to do.
There were also a lot of cheering songs that every Korea University knew and it was very interesting and exciting to be able to experience the culture of Korean college students all linking arms or shoulders to sing and dance together in unity. Unfortunately, I did not know most of the lyrics to the different songs so all i could do was try to follow along and dance. Overall, the event was still fun and a great cultural experience being a college student in Korea.
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Troy Chong
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