| Memorial Ceremony and Meeting for "Horae" Zo Za-yong Gathering Together His Friends and Followers Held Every January 30th Evening at the Gahoe Folk-Art Museum in Seoul's Bukchon Area (north of Anguk Metro Station) |
| the Altar on January 30th 2003, with his last portrait |
Carving of a Tokkebi [Korean goblin] by
his collaborator-friend Yoo Jae-bong,
installed at his former teaching center;
a similar one is the background of the
"last portrait" above
his collaborator-friend Yoo Jae-bong,
installed at his former teaching center;
a similar one is the background of the
"last portrait" above
| the Meeting on January 30th 2007 -- Dr Yun Yeol-su, owner and curator of the Gahoe Folk-Art Museum and a close younger-friend of Horae, giving a speech of welcome and updating us on the progress of the Association |
| his last portrait, taken 1999, used on the Altar 2001-5 |
| photo of Horae meditating by a Budo monument up behind Sogni-san Beobju-sa, used on the Altar 2006-7 |
| the Altar on January 30th 2007; many bottles of liquor were donated |
The 2007 event was good, with a strong crowd of Dr. Zo’s friends and followers. I turned out to be
the only non-Korean there, however, as none of my interested foreign friends could make it. Much
good talking, eating and drinking ensued for hours, after the ritual-bowing-at-altar was finished.
Money is still being collected to put up a statue of Zo, a five-person standing-steering-committee of
this group was set up for more efficient operation, and folks are contributing in many ways. My own
project of collecting the most important of Zo’s publications and getting them scanned and up on the
Internet as a permanent international legacy-resource is moving slowly forward; i have started re-
doing the format of my webpages on Zo as they are now too-out-of-date. I was asked to speak to
the gathering, as usual, and in addition to my usual rap of how we need to get this stuff out to the
international audience and not only Koreans, i added a rant on how we need to bring it to the new
young generation of Koreans, who are largely utterly ignorant of the best and most unique parts of
their own traditional culture… that got some enthusiastic applause.
the only non-Korean there, however, as none of my interested foreign friends could make it. Much
good talking, eating and drinking ensued for hours, after the ritual-bowing-at-altar was finished.
Money is still being collected to put up a statue of Zo, a five-person standing-steering-committee of
this group was set up for more efficient operation, and folks are contributing in many ways. My own
project of collecting the most important of Zo’s publications and getting them scanned and up on the
Internet as a permanent international legacy-resource is moving slowly forward; i have started re-
doing the format of my webpages on Zo as they are now too-out-of-date. I was asked to speak to
the gathering, as usual, and in addition to my usual rap of how we need to get this stuff out to the
international audience and not only Koreans, i added a rant on how we need to bring it to the new
young generation of Koreans, who are largely utterly ignorant of the best and most unique parts of
their own traditional culture… that got some enthusiastic applause.
| Looking east from the Altar; right-front is the famous Shaman Kim Keum-hwa Manshin |
