By: Khalailah Bynoe
The E-board members of the Korean Culture Club (KCC) warmly greeted attendees and passed out goodie bags on Nov. 6 for their event: “Shattered Honmoon.”
Held at the student center, people gathered together to enjoy music, food, and games.
“This event is called ‘Shattered Honmoon’; we wanted to relate it to KPop Demon Hunters,” Sarata Diack, Korean Culture Club, Vice President, told The Vanguard.
The movie “KPop Demon Hunters” rose in popularity this summer, breaking many charting records. The film became Netflix’s most-watched animated film and was number one for eight consecutive weeks, breaking the record of being Netflix’s longest-running English-language film in the Top 10.
The Honmoon is a fictional term from the film. Its purpose is to protect humans from a demon invasion.
“It’s supposed to be a tea house, but we have kind of evolved into more of a restaurant. We incorporated the raffle, which is new for this year. We’re trying to evolve this event more, and like just the club itself,” Leslie Hunter, KCC President, told The Vanguard.
People lined up for the food, which included Korean-style fried chicken in spicy and garlic-flavored flavors. Also served was Tteokbokki, a spicy rice cake originating in Korea.
Many put their chopstick skills to the test when playing the chopstick game. Two people competed to collect the most candies in under thirty seconds with just chopsticks. Attendees were also given raffle tickets at the start of the event, and the prize was a mystery blind box.
“A lot of people confuse us for K-pop [club], even though we’re not K-pop, we’re more Korean, like pop culture focus. We also talk about traditional stuff, like traditional culture, but we’re trying to break the mold from like the K-pop club into more, just in general, like ‘oh I want to talk about K-dramas, let’s go to the Korean culture club, I want to learn more about study abroad, let’s go over there.’”
Hunter continued, telling the Vanguard, “We’re just a resource hub for if you want to know all things like Korean culture. Especially modern Korean culture.”
For more information about KCC, visit their Instagram @kcc.bc