📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Jeongseon Arirang Culture Foundation (semi-governmental culture institute). The Foundation was founded in 2008 by the Jeongseon local government in order to preserve the Jeongseon area’s version of Arirang and to promote its transmission to the next generation. The foundation supports projects for promoting and developing Jeongseon Arirang, It also provides Arirang performers and ordinary people with facilities to learn and sing Arirang together.
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteers will construct an Arirang trail road to allow people to explore the history and lyrics of Arirang. They will also do some maintenance work on the Arirang Transmission Centre. In addition, volunteers will organize cross-cultural classes about their countries and traditional songs for local children. Volunteers will also have a chance to introduce their countries to local people at a public market. Culture programme: Volunteers will learn about Arirang and how to sing this song from a professional Arirang performer. They will also visit cultural sites in the Jeongseon area and experience local culture.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will stay at the Arirang Transmission Centre, which is located by the river in Jeongseon County, where Jeongseon Arirang originated. The Centre is equipped with a big hall for practising Arirang, as well as rooms and a kitchen. Volunteers will prepare their own meals by taking turns.
⚠️ Requirements
Applicants must provide KNCU with a CV with photo and a separate motivation letter. Volunteers are required to do manual work and organize educational programmes for local children. Each volunteer is also required to bring materials, such as traditional costumes, to introduce their own country and its traditional songs.
ℹ️ Additional information
The Arirang 1 and Arirang 2 workcamps will both take place at the Arirang Transmission Centre Foundation’s Arirang Transmission Centre at the same time. Volunteers will be divided into two groups consisting of 18 volunteers each. The two groups will stay in the same place but will, in general, work separately. However, they will also have opportunities meet and work together during the workcamps.
This project is free of participation fees.