One of the most fascinating things about Korean life, is how much of it is influenced by the western world. You really have to go to specific places to get souviners because in regular stores anything decorative can be found in America. Most things try to look fancy by having random English writing on it.
Even though I knew about this influence, I was still very surprised by something we saw at a festival a few weeks ago: a jazz saxophone band.
They were pretty good. Most of the Koreans just sat still, staring, but a few of the older men and women were really getting into it. I thought the surprise of finding out Korea has saxophone bands was the end of it, and then they started to play "Play that Funky Music, White Boy." It was awesome!
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