EXHIBITION : Korean Cultural Centre presents "Beauty of the Traditional Funerary figurines" Kokdu Exhibition at Crafts Museum, Pragati Maidan > 9am-5pm on 21st to 31st December 2015

Time : 9:00 am - 5:00 pm (Monday and National Holidays Closed) Add to Calendar 21/12/2015 09:00 31/12/2015 17:00 Asia/Kolkata EXHIBITION : Korean Cultural Centre presents "Beauty of the Traditional Funerary figurines" Kokdu Exhibition Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2015/12/exhibition-beauty-of-traditional.html Crafts Museum, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi-110001 DD/MM/YYYY - Exhibition on View

Entry : Free

Venue : Crafts Museum, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi-110001
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Event Description : "Beauty of the Traditional Funerary figurines" Kokdu Exhibition.

Unlike Indian custom, In Korea the funeral ceremony is celebrated with the thought of bidding a person with happiness and pleasure. Aligned with the same thought, The Korean Cultural Centre, India, Embassy of the Republic of Korea has organised an Exhibition 'Titled' the "Beauty of the Traditional Funerary figurines" by Dongsoong Art Centre, Kokdu Museum in collaboration with National Handicrafts & Handlooms Museum (Crafts Museum) at Crafts Museum, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The Exhibitions has travelled in London, Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Paris and now coming from Japan to India (Delhi).

What is Kokdu : “kokdu” signifies an extraordinary or supernatural being. These are similar to the angels in the biblical traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, a spiritual body connecting us to the world beyond. Kokdu are considered as companions to the deceased, who is traveling from this world to the other world.
The sangyeo kokdu probably is the most outstanding in representing the kokdu world because of its character: it has symbolic value of beauty, and diversity. It is primary wooden carved images existing from the ancient past down to the modern present. Its shapes are in the form of human beings, animals and plants, which were used to decorate the mortuary hearse (sangyeo).

Organized by : Korean Cultural Centre, India, Embassy of the Republic of Korea by Dongsoong Art Centre, Kokdu Museum in collaboration with National Handicrafts & Handlooms Museum (Crafts Museum)

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