Rhiannon introduced the traditional Indian music by showing us a concert played by traditional Indian instruments. Also, because she is learning Sitar this semester, she explained the script of the song. Then, she showed us a current popular music Video Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. It's really interesting for meto know that people learn the dance move in the new music videos. She said that it is a mix environment in India because people listen to different kinds of music every day. Also, more western influence is coming in while the traditional Indian music focus on religion.
There are also two presentations for Korean. Nuannuan had her presentation based on K-POP Culture. She introduced some most popular bands and major music themes. "The Korean wave" includes basically everything that is related to the Korean culture. She showed us a music video called "Love Song" performed by her favorite band BIGBANG. I found the lyrics in Love Song intriguing because they are also the most commonly used words in Korean Dramas I saw before. Henry also mentioned many aspects of Korean culture such as the K-POP marketing and plastic surgeries. I was impressed by how he related his learning plan to the cultural project.
My own presentation was about fashion in Korea. I talked about the role that fashion plays in a country's culture, the history and design of Hanbok, the current Korean fashion, and lastly, the reasons for the transformation in Korean fashion and its impact on Korean society. Also, I mentioned some terms like Airport fashion, drama fashion and some Korean vocabularies sounds similar to English words. I focus on how could culture, history and language be related to each other.
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