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	<title>Gyeongjublog.com &#187; Outside Gyeongju</title>
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	<description>Blogging the effervescent 1,000 year spirit of Shilla</description>
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		<title>Yeongcheon National Cemetery (국립영천호국원):  Memorial to the Fallen the Korean War</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2012/02/yeongcheon-national-cemetery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in the U.S., the Korean War is often referred to as the “Forgotten War.”  It might be said then in S. Korea that it’s a war the people would like to forget, but can’t.  Looking around at all the high rise buildings, cell phone shops and internet cafes, it is difficult to imagine that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fall Events in Gyeongju: Temple Food, Hallyu Dreams, Liquor and Rice Cake, Marathons and more</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 01:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The official start of fall is less than a week away, meaning it’s time again for some of the best weather in Korea and its accompanying  frenzy of festivals.   Here in Gyeongju we can look forward to a few old favorites plus some changes and special events.  First off, both vegetarians and Buddhist culture aficionados [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Traditional Fireworks at the Andong Mask Dance Festival</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2011/06/traditional-fireworksandong-mask-festival/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 23:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is probably a bit random, but it’s been ages since I’ve posted any videos here.  On the evening of the opening and closing Saturday of the Andong Mask Dance Festival, Hahoe Folk Village hosts a traditional firework performance.  They string ropes from the village, across the river, to the top of the cliff.  The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Museum and Memorial Shrine of Patriotic Martyr Park Jae-sang (박제상 기념관)</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2011/03/park-jae-sang-memorial-shrine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:53:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taking advantage of a break in the cold weather, the other weekend I piled into the car with some friends and took off to explore the mountains south of Gyeongju (not to mention my wife was putting the finishing touches on her Master’s thesis and needed me out of the house).  I’d managed to score [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 Events Around Gyeongju in 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2011/01/top-10-events-gyeongju-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2011/01/top-10-events-gyeongju-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 01:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems like local events have a way of sneaking up on me around here.  I try my best, but I have a way of hearing about them right before, or worse, just after they happen.  As my New Year’s resolution is to get a head of things for a change, here’s a list of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video:  Chajeon Nori (차전놀이)- The Juggernaut Game of Andong</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2011/01/video-chajeon-nori/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2011/01/video-chajeon-nori/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 12:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To ring in the New Year I thought I’d share some video I shot at last year’s Andong Mask Dance Festival.  On its last Sunday the festival hosts a traditional folk game from Andong called Chajeon Nori (차전놀이) which literally means “Combat Carriage Game.”  It sometimes goes by the more impressive moniker “Juggernaut Battle Game” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Homigot (호미곶) New Years Sunrise Festival</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2010/12/homigot-new-years-sunrise-festival/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2010/12/homigot-new-years-sunrise-festival/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 07:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For most westerners, New Years Eve means late night parties with friends or family (and usually booze) where we count down the seconds to midnight and ring in the New Year with cheering and fanfare.  Korea has a different, if no less alcoholic, way of ringing in the New Year.   Every December 31st thousands of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weird Gyeongju: The World’s Largest Silkworm (누에 체함학습관)</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2010/10/weird-gyeongju-worlds-largest-silkworm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 12:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inspired by the “Weird America” books back home,  I’ve decided to start a series of posts on some of the quirky, cheesy or just plain strange tourist attractions that abound around here.  I could begin the with the wish-granting stone of Cheonwonsa Temple (천원사), or the legendary Vagina Valley of Mt. Obongsan (오봉산), but I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fall Festivals and Events</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2010/09/fall-festivals-and-events/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:44:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every Korean knows that Fall brings the best weather to the peninsula.  It’s not stifling hot nor freezing cold and you aren’t plagued with the pollen and yellow dust brought by Spring.  And thanks to all this great weather, every city and town in Korea has to host some sort of festival.  Most of them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manbulsa (만불사): Temple of Ten-thousand Buddhas</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2010/09/manbulsa-temple-of-ten-thousand-buddhas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’ve ever taken the bus from Gyeongju to Daegu, you might&#8217;ve caught a fleeting glimpse of a giant golden Buddha off in the mountains to the north.  No, this isn’t some apparition induced by sleep deprivation or soju poisoning.  This huge Buddha actually overlooks Manbulsa (만불사), or literally “Temple of Ten-thousand Buddhas,” nestled at [...]]]></description>
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