Before The Parade Passes By

My little city of Anseong held it's annual Namsadang Baudeogi Festival this last week. Namsadang is a traditional theatre troupe here in Anseong, which is famous for producing this kind of entertainment. Baudeogi was born to a poor family and left with the Anseong Namsadang troupe when she was 5 years old. She was so good that the troupe became known as Baudeogi.

Anyway, enough history. The festifal began wednesday, September 27th, with a parade which lasted for over 2 hours. I was lucky enough to see the parade from the very beginning. A Korean parade is not exactly the same thing as an American parade.