India, Sept. 12 -- For many Delhiites, Korean culture may have begun with BTS or Blackpink. But at a three-day workshop at the Korean Cultural Centre India, from September 8 to 10, six batches of city youngsters went beyond K-pop to discover Minyo, Korea's traditional folk music. The sessions, titled Korean Minyo: Learning Korean Traditional Folk Songs through K-Pop and Film, introduced Delhiites to Gyeonggi Minyo's Arirang and Namdo Minyo's Ganggangsullae through singing, folk dance videos and movement. Leading the sessions was Cho Eun Joo, a practitioner of Gyeonggi Minyo visiting the Capital for the first time. She combined K-pop and dance with the traditional songs to make them more familiar to younger participants. While preparing for the workshop, she also looked at Indian regional music and found a connection with Langa, a Rajasthani folk tradition. "I discovered how similar it is with Koreans in terms of vocal technicalities," she says. Cho was also "touched" by how hard the Indian participants worked despite the language barrier. The workshop was as much about experiencing the music as learning it. Jigyasa Singh, a Delhi-based law student who speaks Korean at an intermediate level, found the higher notes challenging. "It sounds simple when you watch someone else do it, but coordinating the rhythm and vocals definitely takes some focus," she says, adding that she enjoyed learning the music and dance together and would sign up again....