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Department of Early Childhood Education Puppet Club 'Jageun Nanjaengi' Holds In-Person Performance After 3 Years

6 Consecutive Years of National Competition Wins, 24 Members from Years 1-3 Begin Summer Vacation Practice

Dongmyeong University Department of Early Childhood Education 'Jageun Nanjaengi' Performance Team.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Twenty-four university students from the same department, ranging from first to third year, have come together since last summer vacation.

It has been three months since they started sweating over preparing a puppet show performance, and now they are increasingly curious about the reactions of the young audience they will meet in a few days.

The performers in the puppet show are students from the Department of Early Childhood Education at Dongmyeong University.

Among them are third-year students Kim Min-ji, Kim Soo-bin, Kim Ji-yeon, Kim Ha-neul, Nam Hyun-soo, Park Na-yoon, Lee Ye-rim, Lee Woo-yeon, and Choi Young-eun; second-year students Kang Yoo-kyung, Kim Han-ul, Park Chae-won, Song Min-seo, Lee Eun-kyung, Lee Eun-soo, and Lee Chae-ryeong; and first-year students Dong Hyun-joo, Ahn Mi-jin, Lee Ri-na, Lee Seo-jung, Lee Ji-eun, Lee Hyun-jung, Jang Jin-young, and Lee Min-hee, all seniors and juniors.

They form the ‘Jageun Nanjaengi’ (Small Dwarfs) team, which will take the stage at Dongmyeong University’s Department of Early Childhood Education’s open children’s festival, the ‘Green Narae Festival.’

The puppet show at the Green Narae Festival, opening on the 21st, is an original work by the university’s Department of Early Childhood Education.

The title is ‘Let’s All Protect the Blue Future,’ a performance themed around nature and creativity.

The ‘Nanjaengi’ (Dwarfs) write the script themselves, create mask puppets and rod puppets, make stage props, and repeatedly practice voice and movement acting.

Kim Min-ji, president of ‘Jageun Nanjaengi,’ said, “For the Green Narae Festival, which is being held face-to-face for the first time in three years since COVID-19, all the seniors and juniors in the puppet club have prepared with their best efforts without taking a break during the vacation,” adding, “We hope it will be a stage that young audiences will remember for a long time.”

The puppet club ‘Jageun Nanjaengi’ of the university’s Department of Early Childhood Education is a prestigious puppet troupe that has won awards consecutively for six years at national puppet show competitions.

Even last year, when they could not perform face-to-face due to COVID-19, they submitted entries to video contests and achieved good results.

The 16th Green Narae Festival will be held for three days from September 21 to 23 on the Dongmyeong University campus.

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