Today (Nov. 23), Vietnam-Korea cultural exchange center will hold the second cultural exchange festival 2013 themed "Vietnam-Korea colors" at Binh Duong provincial Children's House. One of expected activities at this event is Korea-Vietnam artistic program.This time's Korea-Vietnam artistic program will include distinctive items of Vietnam and Korea performed by Korean Samulnori traditional music troupe and Binh Duong provincial traditional music troupe. The 15-member Korean Samulnori traditional music troupe led by Kim Byeong Gon will bring unique performances such as Kwaengwari, Chin, Changgu, Pulk through items of Uddari Samulnori and Samdo Samulnori.Heo Kyung Eun, teacher of Vietnam-Korean cultural exchange center said "Samulnori is a distinctive artistic form with Korean traditional instruments. We often watch Samulnori on festivals and important events. In the past, Korean people both heard Samulnori music and danced with instrument players but now we only watch their performance and feel excited".Samulnori is a genre of traditional percussion music originating in Korea. The word samul means "four objects" and nori means "play"; samul nori is performed with four traditional Korean musical instruments: Kkwaenggwari (a small gong), Jing (a larger gong), Janggu (an hourglass-shaped drum), Buk (a barrel drum similar to the bass drum).Samul nori has its roots in nong-ak (literally "farmers' music"), a Korean folk genre comprising music, acrobatics, folk dance, and rituals, which was traditionally performed in rice farming villages in order to ensure and to celebrate good harvests.Reported by T.Van - Translated by A.C