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Hanbok Compete With K-Pop

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Seoul-Shim Kyung Hwa, 34, was busy re-arrange the clothes that had just seen and tried consumers. Behind him, looked hundreds of pieces of cloth of various colors arranged in an open closet. "Later hanbok demand increases, especially when the breeding season arrives," he told Tempo in downtown Jeonju, about 196 kilometers from the South Korean capital, Seoul.

He is the second generation in the business clan Hwa Korean traditional dress. "It's been 20 years we make and sell hanbok," said Shim. His store is among the most great along the way that clothing sellers.

Airings traditional clothing such as the spread of television serial dramas and Korean films grow with their style (K-Pop). Yoon A, one of the personnel SNSD, or Girls Generation, looked gorgeous wearing hanbok under the red and yellow tops. Also Kim Bum, actor Korean drama series, Boys Over Flowers, looked "pretty" with a blend of white and light blue.

Indeed, K-Pop is not only on the type of music and dance, but also hairstyles, knick-knacks, and how to dress. But in its own domestic Korea, mendunianya K-Pop trigger people want to maintain the tradition. One of them hanbok. Not surprisingly, the K-Pop lover also started looking at the traditional Korean dress. "Feelings like to show strong national identity back to the development of K-Pop," says sociologist Sungkonghoe University, Yong Mi.

Hanbok - so the term used in South Korea - or Choson-ot (say North Korea) is the traditional Korean dress. "Han" meaning "Korea" and "bok" means "clothing". However, despite literally the Korean clothing, hanbok today refers to the clothing style of the Joseon Dynasty, which is commonly used in formal or semiformal traditional celebration or festival. In the event Gwangju Human Rights Award 2012 in Daedong Hall, 5:18 Memorial Culture Hall, a pair of male and female greeters wearing hanbok.

Hanbok in general have bright colors, simple lines and do not have pockets. There are three main elements of hanbok: jeogori or dress, wedge (pants), and chima (skirt). Mi Yong said, people can be identified from the hanbok is used. Stepmother, mother, in-laws use different colors. Likewise, social class, will appear from the material that outfit. Among the wear material woven of hemp fabric or high-quality fabric, such as brightly colored material in the summer and silk fabric in the winter. "We're here 100 percent using silk," says Shim.

In Jooleehwa, Shim's store, hanbok is pegged at U.S. $ 4000-5000, or equivalent to Rp 38 to 47.5 million. Elsewhere, more generally, according to Yong Mi, is selling cheaper by about U.S. $ 1,500, or approximately USD 15 million.

Hanbok used in accordance with specific events: marriage, death, parties, national celebrations, everyday clothes, including the child's first birthday. Even modern hanbok for children are usually worn only once or twice a year in celebration of the new year Chusoek or Korean (Seollal). In the tradition of the celebration of the first anniversary of an infant (Doljanchi), children wear hanbok their first. Not surprisingly, there is a saying "the nation's fashion show". In addition to entry in globalization, traditional clothing should be maintained. Lucky, Indonesia has batik, kebaya, striated, songket, and so on.
Published: August 25, 2012   
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