Tigers & Magpies travel editor, Eddie Provencher, is an American citizen who first came to the Korean peninsula in September 2006 to teach English, learn Korean, and to have a cultural experience. Since coming to Korea Eddie has grown to love teaching English, has passed the Test of Proficiency In Korean (TOPIK) Level 4, and has had many deep cultural experiences.
In the spring of 2009 Eddie took a 3 month break from teaching English to travel in Korea. Through this experience, Eddie developed a sincere appreciation for the natural beauty of the landscape, for the culinary tastes of the nation, and for the warmth and kindness of the Korean people.
Here on Tigers & Magpies you will find Korean travel reports and photos so that you can learn a little bit more about the Korean peninsula, and so that you too can travel and have a travel experience worth remembering and cherishing.
My first Jeongwol Daeboreum experience was with the Cheongdo Jeongwol Daeboreum Festival in 2010. Unfortunately in 2011, for fear of spreading the livestock killing foot-and-mouth disease, these festivals were canceled and people were discouraged from unnecessary travel. Now, after 5 years of living in Korea, I was finally able to visit Jeju Island during the [...]
The Andong International Maskdance Festival, held annually in September/October for a two week period, is one of Korea’s two signature events. The other signature event is the Boryeong Mud Festival, which is held in July. Both events are extremely popular and attract tens of thousands of visitors. In this article I will talk about my [...]
The Gangneung Danoje Festival (강릉단오제) is a 1000 year old tradition of praying to mountain deities for a healthy and prosperous year for the community. In 2005, it became the third Korean cultural tradition to be recognized by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Before it, “The Royal Ancestral Ritual in the Jongmyo [...]